Resolving the Workforce Problem in Health and Social Care Services in Europe

Towards an Evidence-Based Rationale for Public Services Investment and Growth

Europe’s health and social care systems are suffering from chronic staff shortages, rising inequalities and the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues pose urgent questions about the sustainability and resilience of public services across the continent.

This edited volume offers the first evidence-based framework for tackling these issues. Drawing on cross-European case studies – from Scotland and Finland to Italy, Germany and Norway – the authors examine the structural, contextual and political factors shaping labour shortages. Using social democratic, neoliberal and corporatist welfare models, they present a compelling rationale for renewed investment and long-term growth in public services.

An original contribution to workforce theory, this book provides actionable strategies for tackling staff shortages and building resilient systems – offering both a diagnosis of the workforce crisis and a way forward for its resolution.

Contributor: Antero Olakivi (Contributions by), Michele Marzulli (Contributions by), Teppo Kröger (Contributions by), Frode Fadnes Jacobsen (Contributions by), Vilhelmiina Lehto-Niskala (Contributions by), Andreas Jansen (Contributions by), Lina Van Aerschot (Contributions by), Nigel Malin (Edited by), Anette Fagertun (Contributions by), Marta Pantalone (Contributions by), Giuseppe Moro (Contributions by), Jiby Mathew Puthenparambil (Contributions by), Stefano Neri (Contributions by), Marion Ellison (Edited by), Alvaro Martinez-Perez (Contributions by), Damir Josipovič (Contributions by)

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