¿Puede un nuevo curso sanitario en Hainaut aliviar la presión de personal en Bélgica?

location of the reported new healthcare training pathway

Hainaut, historically also known as Heynault in English, is the westernmost province of Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium.

area whose readers are mentioned as part of the audience for the story

The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region, and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.

reported the new healthcare training formation

La Dhuys station is a station on Line 11 of the Paris Metro. It is situated in the communes of Montreuil and Rosny-sous-Bois.

source cited for wider evidence on the issue

Statistics Belgium is part of the Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-Employed and Energy. Its legal Dutch name is Algemene Directie Statistiek, and its legal French name is Direction générale Statistique.

source framing health workforce shortages as a European challenge

The European Commission (EC) is the executive cabinet of the European Union. It is composed of 27 members of the Commission corresponding to the number of member states, unless the European Council, by unanimous consent, decides to alter this number.

education system named in the institutional landscape

In Belgium, the French Community refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French minority has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation, which is controversial because its name in the Belgian Constitution has not changed and because it is seen as a political statement. The name "French Community" refers to the French language and not to France.

Wallonia’s employment and training actor

Het Office wallon de la formation professionnelle et de l’emploi kortweg Forem is sinds 1989 de officiële instantie die instaat voor vorming en begeleiding van werklozen in het Waals Gewest. Forem is de schakel tussen werknemers en werkgevers voor het vinden van de gepaste job of personeel, vooral in de private sector.

period after which Belgium’s healthcare workforce debate shifted toward longer-term planning

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Starting in January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency; they declared the end of the emergency in May 2023.

data source linked in SPF Santé Publique’s nursing labour-market work

city where employers could benefit from the programme

Mons is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

city where employers could benefit from the programme

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not far from the border with France. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

city where employers could benefit from the programme

La Louvière is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

city where employers could benefit from the programme

Tournai is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.