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Good working conditions need to lead the EU legislation
Posted on May 15, 2018
This week EU Parliament Committees focus on important topics affecting the future of millions of EU workers and, as such, crucial for the nursing profession. The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs focused on current legislative files key for delivering good...
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IND2018 – Royal College of Nursing UK Congress
Posted on May 14, 2018
One of the largest gathering globally for International Nurses’ Day was at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) UK Congress in Belfast Northern Ireland (12-16 May 2018). With over 3,500 delegates, the RCN UK...
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IND2018 – The Finnish Nurses Association invites their parliamentarians to become nurses for one day.
Posted on May 14, 2018
On the occasion of the nurses’ week activities in the scope of the International Nurses Day 2018, the Finnish Nurses Association invited all the members of their parliament to visit different health care organizations to see nurses’...
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Nurses are the driving force to deliver health outcomes
Posted on May 11, 2018
On the International Nurses’ Day, the EFN promotes the importance of universal access to healthcare as a fundamental right of EU citizens. The recently adopted European Pillar of Social Rights represents a unique opportunity for the EU to...
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Europe needs to reconnect to citizens
Posted on May 9, 2018
The Europe Day celebrates the ‘birth’ of the united Europe, and 3 million nurses celebrate this moment of peace in the EU. However, although the European Union is based on free market principles, free movement, the last...
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Health needs to be a priority in the EU budget
Posted on May 7, 2018
With its proposal for the long-term EU budget, the European Commission outlined a €100 billion budget for its new research programme, running between 2021 and 2027. The figure announced by the Commission includes, among other, €97.6 billion...
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EFN General Assembly brings nursing reality upfront!
Posted on April 17, 2018
The EFN Members gathered for their 107th EFN General Assembly (GA) in their usual Spring meeting in Brussels. Besides welcoming Nina Hahtela as the new EFN Vice-President, the Assembly delivered on some important EU policy topics key for nurses and...
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Nurses End-users in Co-creating digital value-based ecosystems
Posted on April 6, 2018
In a more and more digitalised health and social ecosystem, technology has a key role to support nurses in their daily work and, at the same time, contributing to enhancing safety and empowerment, as digital solutions can increase access to...
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Frontline nurses designing primary care services
Posted on March 30, 2018
In the light of growing numbers of people living with co-morbidities and needing complex care interventions, the European Commission has become more sensitive towards the need of strengthening primary care systems. As already highlighted in the Continue reading »
Digital Europe still wondering why Health Technologies are not picked-up!
Posted on March 26, 2018
While the ‘Digital in Practice Programme’ (DiPP) aims to shed practical light on the rewards and possible pitfalls of transitioning to cloud and associated digital technologies, it became clear the end-user engagement on co-design is more...
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