Resolution: Framework for Action on the Health and Care Workforce in the WHO European Region 2023–2030

Delegates at the 73rd Regional Committee in Astana (26 October 2023) unanimously passed a resolution to adopt WHO/Europe’s new Framework for Action on the health and care workforce 2023-30 – a political commitment to put into action measures to tackle the health workforce crisis.

The Framework for Action aims to achieve a fit for purpose health workforce in the WHO European Region to meet growing and changing needs.

Its 5 key recommended actions below ensure that health and care workers are at the centre of health systems:

1) Invest

2) Build Supply

3) Retain and recruit

4) Optimize performance

5) Plan