The health workforce crisis in Europe and the data behind it

This episode is all about the healthcare workers who keep Europe's health systems on their feet, and the data that is revealing a crisis. Europe has more doctors and nurses per head of population than anywhere else on Earth, and yet, across the continent, health systems are under strain: overwhelmed, understaffed, and increasingly anxious about the future.

The speakers are: Tomas Zapata from the World Health Organization's European office, Katarzyna Ptak-Bufkens, policy officer at the European Commission (DG SANTE) and Monica Pace, statistical officer at Eurostat. They will discuss this topic with Jonathan Elliott and discover what the data actually tells us about Europe's healthcare workforce.