Several EU countries are facing shortages in occupations related to the healthcare sector, as revealed by the 2023 EURES report on shortages and surpluses.
Specialist doctors and nursing professionals roles emerged among the most common and most severe shortages, which the EU states are grappling to fill in by offering foreigners facilitated work visa procedures, Schengen.News reports.
Some of the European countries that reported a higher number of healthcare-related shortages were Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, and Denmark.
Furthermore, Ireland and Switzerland emerged among EURES countries with the highest reliance on both foreign doctors and nurses.
Most In-Demand Professions Related to Healthcare in EU Countries
Overall, some of the healthcare occupations facing shortages in the five above-mentioned countries are as follows:
- Specialist medical practitioners
- Generalist medical practitioners
- Nursing professionals
- Health care assistants
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified
- Midwifery professionals
- Physiotherapists
- Dentists
- Pharmacists
- Audiologists and speech therapists
Among the EURES countries, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland show the highest dependency on foreign-trained doctors, and Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria show the highest dependency on foreign-trained nurses.2023 EURES Report on shortages and surpluses
