Europe is running out of healthcare workers. Lawmakers want a million more

EU PERSPECTIVES - How can Europe attract more doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers — and, crucially, keep them in the profession? As staff shortages deepen across the bloc, the European Parliament has backed a plan to recruit at least one million people over the next seven years. But lawmakers face a growing dilemma: how to fill the gaps without simply drawing professionals away from countries that can ill afford to lose them. Read more

Europe's most valuable resource wears scrubs and masks / Photo: Unsplash