To prevent nurses and doctors from leaving their jobs, healthcare managers in Europe should improve working conditions and introduce various incentives in four areas: professional support, education, finance, and legislation, a study from the EU-funded Project METEOR has found. In the article “Retaining Healing Hands: A Transnational Study on Job Retention Interventions for the Healthcare … Read more
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the number of nurses and doctors considering leaving their hospital jobs increased substantially, a recent article by the EU-funded METEOR Project shows. The publication stresses the need to create strategies to counteract this tendency, as it endangers the quality of medical care. In the article, “Determinants of intention … Read more
METEOR researchers presented the project’s results at the 34th International Conference of Occupational Health (ICOH) in Marrakesh, Morocco. The conference, held from 28 April to 3 May, brought together hundreds of researchers from around the world. Neeltje de Vries (Spaarne Gasthuis) presented the results of METEOR’s systematic review that the critical need for hospital managers to address … Read more
The European healthcare sector is grappling with an alarming workforce shortage, prompting urgent calls for strategies to retain existing staff. To address the outflow of workers, researchers from the EU-funded Project METEOR offer practical solutions that hospital managers and policymakers can implement across four key areas: personal and professional development; education; finance; and regulatory measures. … Read more
METEOR research on the scale and reasons behind the exodus of nurses and physicians from European hospitals was recently featured in Hospital Healthcare Europe, a website providing hospital managers with insights on best practices in clinical care and specialist services. The article discusses findings from a survey conducted by METEOR researchers among staff of eight … Read more
The European healthcare sector faces a deepening staffing crisis as almost one in ten doctors and even more nurses intend to leave their professions, a study from the EU-funded Project METEOR found. The researchers also identify the reasons why employees quit, which can help governments and hospital administrators combat the trend. In an article published … Read more
METEOR researchers Lode Godderis and Anke Boone presented the project’s findings at the webinar “Health Workforce Challenges: Ways Forward for Policy-making”, organised by the EU Health Policy Platform on 26 January. The event attracted more than 200 participants from across Europe. Building on the three-year research project, Godderis and Boone presented policy recommendations on how to prevent … Read more
Anke Boone and Lode Godderis will share Project METEOR’s findings project and present policy recommendations for addressing healthcare workforce retention during an EU Health Policy Platform webinar. “Health Workers Challenges: Ways Forward for Policy Making” will be held on 26 January from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, CET. During the webinar, researchers from the Health … Read more
In a recent interview with BlogSicilia.it, University of Palermo Professor Domenica Matranga, a medical statistician and researcher at Project METEOR, discussed shortages of healthcare workers and the challenges of retention in light of the project’s recent findings. “We sought to understand what the determinants of leaving hospital jobs are, and we interviewed around 1,400 nurses … Read more
In an interview with Artsenkrant, a leading Belgian magazine for general practitioners, Project METEOR researcher Anke Boone shed light on Project METEOR’s findings regarding the situation of healthcare professionals in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. “We need structural adjustments to overcome problems connected with mental well-being and burnout among healthcare staff, which only increased during the pandemic,” … Read more
