Nurses

Health news

How do challenges facing Europe’s nursing workforce compare globally?

There is a shortage of 5.8 million nurses worldwide, and it’s being made worse by the demand for foreign-born healthcare professionals in Europe.

13/05/2025

Healthcare

Europe's doctors are getting older. Which countries are most at risk?

Projections reveal that an ageing health workforce is struggling to keep pace with the EU's rapidly ageing population. This is why it's an issue.

10/05/2025

Health news

Human nurses are pushing back as AI reshapes hospital care

In some cases, artificial intelligence (AI) assistants are being used to automate nurses' tasks.

18/03/2025

Health news

UK nurses say hospital overcrowding puts patients’ lives at risk

The British nursing union demanded transparency from the government on how many patients are being treated in ‘unsafe’ conditions.

17/01/2025

Health news

Which European countries rely the most on foreign doctors and nurses?

Europe's health worker shortages are being filled with foreign labour – but it could worsen those gaps elsewhere.

06/10/2024

Health news

Nursing shortages linked to higher risk of patient death, study finds

Researchers from the University of Southampton in the UK looked into the impact of nurse understaffing on patient outcomes.

24/09/2024

Health news

AI models think all nurses are women and senior doctors are men

While women were overrepresented as doctors in thousands of AI-generated stories, they were still subject to gender stereotypes, the analysis found.

23/09/2024

Health news

Why do nearly half of doctors face sexual harassment from patients?

Many doctors and health workers are sexually harassed by patients, but they often don’t report the incidents or know how to protect themselves.

15/09/2024

Healthcare

EU outlines €1.3m initiative to make nursing more attractive

The EU executive has unveiled a new initiative aimed at making the nursing profession more attractive to counter an ongoing nurse shortage across Europe.

02/09/2024

Healthcare

Post-COVID interest in nursing declining especially in these countries

Interest in the nursing profession among teenagers has dropped in three out of four European countries following the COVID pandemic.

05/06/2024

Healthcare

Study links nurses’ intention to leave jobs to patient mortality

Experts said hospitals should see nurses’ intention to leave their jobs as a “warning sign” that improvements are needed.

14/03/2024

Healthcare

Nurses in Denmark shift to cosmetic care amid hospital staffing crisis

The Danish Nurses’ Organisation (DSR) believes that the shift is due to salary and working conditions in public hospitals.

16/02/2024

Healthcare

Bulgaria in need of nurses as medical staff shortages persist

A recent report by the Bulgarian Council for Economic Analyses has shown that Bulgaria's medical staff shortage is severe with many professionals choosing to move abroad.

20/12/2023

Work

Nurses' salaries: Which countries pay the most and least in Europe?

Following a series of strikes across Europe in 2023, nurses in the UK and Italy are expected to continue taking to the streets in 2024 for better pay and work conditions.

14/12/2023

Health news

Shared accommodation is helping to 'stimulate' Alzheimer's patients

In France, people with Alzheimer's are trying out shared living in a home with dedicated help, providing them with security and stimulation.

13/11/2023

United Kingdom

'Evil' nurse: Life in prison for Britain's most prolific serial killer

Lucy Letby injected newborns with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with drugs.

21/08/2023

United Kingdom

Major strike will take British nurses out of cancer wards and ICUs

For the first time, the 28-hour strike will include nurses working in intensive care units and cancer wards, although exceptions are being made in hospitals where a lack of nurses could endanger patients' health.

01/05/2023

Work

Nurses salaries: How do other countries in Europe compare on wages?

Historic strikes by nurses in the UK's NHS over pay and working conditions mirror the struggle of many health workers in other European countries.

01/05/2023

Spain

'Anti-vaccine' nurse taken to court in Spain for faking childrens' jab

The nurse allegedly told parents their toddlers would be better off walking barefoot on grass than getting a tetanus jab.

03/03/2023

Slovenia

Thousands of nurses strike over working conditions in Slovenia

Thousands of nurses in Slovenia striked over low salaries and stressful working conditions on Wednesday. The protest rally was organised by the Trade Union of Nursing which coordinates over 6300 Slovenian nurses.

23/02/2023