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Changes from plenary report to adopted text
A-10-2026-0168 → TA-10-2026-0312
- From
- A-10-2026-0168 Plenary report of 11 Jun 2026
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- TA-10-2026-0312 Adopted text of 17 Sept 2026
- Changes
- 6 changes to the text
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- +4 added · −19 removed · 8 changed
More facts (3)
- Dossier
- 2025/2062(INI)
- Title (from)
- on an EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
- Title (to)
- An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
AI: What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
The text now calls for a coordinated approach by the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization and the EU to monitoring the flow of healthcare workers.6 The other changes are formal: decimal points are replaced with commas in several figures.1234
The notes class 1 change as substance, 5 as formal, 0 as wording only.
Changes that matter, 6
Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.
Change 1
ChangedC. whereas healthcare workforce shortages are among the most pressing strategic challenges for the resilience and quality of healthcare systems in the EU; whereas the EU Member States had an estimated shortage of approximately 1.21,2 million doctors, nurses and midwives in 2022 to attain universal coverage; whereas the WHO expects a shortfall of 950 000 healthcare workers in the EU by 2030; whereas the healthcare sector is consistently ranked among the top three sectors with widespread and severe labour shortages across the Member States, according to the European Employment Services (EURES) and the European Labour Authority; whereas the retirement cohorts in relation to the current declining enrolment in health-related studies and inflows of new graduates highlight a widening future gap in the healthcare workforce in several countries; whereas the WHO report on the healthcare workforce in Europe (2022) shows that 30 % of medical doctors and 18 % of nurses are aged 55 or older, with 12 EU countries reporting 40 % of physicians aged 55 and over in 2022;
AI: Note on change 1 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Replaces the decimal point with a comma in the figure for the estimated shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives.
Change 2
ChangedJ. whereas in 2024, 3.63,6 % of people aged 16 year or older in the EU who needed a medical examination or treatment reported being unable to access it due to financial constraints, long waiting lists, or excessive distance from healthcare services; whereas community and primary care workers are too often covered through precarious contracts, undermining continuity, quality and retention; whereas needs-based planning must go hand in hand with high-quality training and fair remuneration;
AI: Note on change 2 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Replaces the decimal point with a comma in the percentage of people unable to access medical examination or treatment.
Change 3
ChangedL. whereas every euro invested in prevention can yield a return of EUR 14 through avoided healthcare costs and increased productivity; whereas NCDs cost the EU over EUR 700 billion annually; whereas every year, higher health expenditure and reduced workforce productivity due to the growing pressure of AMR on healthcare systems cost EUR 11.711,7 billion in the EU;
AI: Note on change 3 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Replaces the decimal point with a comma in the figure for the annual cost of antimicrobial resistance.
Change 4
ChangedO. whereas all future EU health strategies or initiatives should address the needs of the EU healthcare workforce, also in view of the growing impact of major high-burden diseases including cardiovascular diseases which account for 1.71,7 million lives lost per year and 22 % of all hospital admissions, with significant consequences for both the healthcare workforce and healthcare systems;
AI: Note on change 4 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Replaces the decimal point with a comma in the figure for lives lost per year to cardiovascular diseases.
Change 5
Changed1. Calls on the Commission to urgently develop a comprehensive and long-term European healthcare workforce strategy to increase the healthcare workforce by at least one million professionals over the next seven-year MFF (2028–2034), covering the estimated EU-wide healthcare workforce deficit of around 1.21,2 million; calls for this strategy to be aligned with demographic, technological and epidemiological trends, to focus on addressing shortages, working conditions, employment mobility, skills gaps, education and training, improved data collection, and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable, accessible and patient-centred healthcare systems that guarantee high-quality healthcare for all and provide good, safe and motivating working and training environments; for this purpose, calls on the Commission to monitor labour shortages across health professions and across regions; calls furthermore on the Commission to consult on this strategy with the EU social partners and professional organisations;
AI: Note on change 5 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Replaces the decimal point with a comma in the figure for the estimated EU-wide healthcare workforce deficit.
Change 6
Changed33. Stresses the need for a coordinated approach by the,the ILO, the WHO and the EU to monitoring the flow of healthcare workers, promoting ethical rules for international mobility and preventing brain drain; stresses that, where international recruitment is needed, it should not be considered the only tool for the long-term sustainability of healthcare systems, and should be regarded as a complementary measure, and must comply with ethical principles as set out in the WHO Global Code of Practice, so as to prevent creating or exacerbating workforce shortages in countries of origin and to improve relevant monitoring; recalls that such recruitment should also be carried out in full respect of national health systems and workforce sustainability; welcomes the inclusion of certain categories of healthcare professions in the list of EU-wide shortage occupations as part of an array of measures addressing labour shortages in the EU, in the context of the recently adopted EU Talent Pool Regulation;
AI: Note on change 6 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Adds the International Labour Organization to the bodies with which a coordinated approach to monitoring the flow of healthcare workers is needed.
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European Parliament (2026). “Changes between A-10-2026-0168 and TA-10-2026-0312”. Text, 17 September 2026. from A-10-2026-0168, to TA-10-2026-0312, reference 2025/2062(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0168/compare/TA-10-2026-0312 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-2026-09-17,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between A-10-2026-0168 and TA-10-2026-0312}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-17},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0168/compare/TA-10-2026-0312}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0168/compare/TA-10-2026-0312},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from A-10-2026-0168, to TA-10-2026-0312, reference 2025/2062(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}