The planning and development of human resources in the area of health is a crucial
instrument in enhancing the quality of the care provided. Good planning is related to,
among other things, improving the way information systems deal with human resources,
understanding the medium- and long-term needs of specialists and supporting the
teaching units that are in charge of training specialists in the health sciences and
planning ongoing training programmes for health professionals.
Today’s demographic changes, the new services offered to citizens, the increasing
complexity of diagnosis and treatment technologies and the effects of the movement of
professionals in ever broader spheres mean that it is difficult to maintain the balance
between supply and demand without continual assessment of needs. All of this makes it
necessary to study, in each speciality, the availability, at present and in the foreseeable
future, of human resources with which to respond to these new challenges.
Proyects 2009-2010
• To strengthen the common information system in the area of human resources in the NHS so that data processing can take place in real time.
• To continue promoting, together with the autonomous communities, the implementation of the Register of Health Professionals, which makes it possible to know the distribution of all the professionals in the health sciences, at both public and private facilities.
• To update on a bi-annual basis the supply and demand of medical specialists and to conduct a study of needs in terms of nurses and nurse auxiliaries (2009-2030) to enable various potential scenarios to be assessed and to plan human resources accordingly.
• To promote a basic common training pathway for the various specialities as an instrument with which to obtain pluridisciplinary teams better able to ensure quality care and patient safety, as well as improved management of available human resources.
• To modernise procedures for the recognition of university degrees held by professionals from non-EU countries who wish to become part of the National Health System of Spain, guaranteeing that the required quality criteria are met.
• To adopt the Royal Decree on the recognition for professional purposes of degrees obtained by non-EU specialists, as provided by Art. 18 of Law 44/2003 on the Organisation of Health Care Professions.
• To create an Office of Return for professionals from Spain who are currently working abroad.