Translation of "Insuffisance de soins personnels " (French → English) :

Interestingly, however, CPP and QPP were created precisely because experts and policy makers came to the realization that on their own, OAS and private pensions could not grant true economic security to the vast majority of Canadian retirees.

Promote the education and training of healthcare staff on patient safety and healthcare-associated infections, taking into account the relevant work of the ECDC, including the ECDC's technical document ‘Core competencies on infection control and hospital hygiene professionals in the European Union’ , as well as relevant WHO recommendations, with a view to promoting the availability of appropriately trained staff, including specialised infection control staff, in healthcare settings.

Building on the outcomes of the Action Plan for the EU health workforce and with particular attention to the recommendations from the Joint Action on health workforce planning and forecasting, to further cooperate on ways to strengthen health workforce policies in the Member States to help them ensure sustainable health workforce with the necessary skills to guarantee accessibility, safety and quality of care.

Address highest priority shortfalls according to a “targeted list” of priority shortfalls based on a comprehensive views of capability shortfalls; Actively foster the involvement of key national stakeholders in ESDP civilian crisis-management, notably amongst those involved in the raising of mission personnel in each priority area for ESDP civilian crisis management; and Share best practice of national co-ordinating structures aimed at facilitating the mobilisation of civilian resources for crisis management and the liaison with the EU and international organisations.

These shortcomings are the result of various factors, such as: resource constraints, shortfalls in the supply of skilled personnel, lack of preparedness and planning, failings in organizational structures, lack of integration of health protection with the health care sector, problems of political culture, and poor collaboration and communication across the various institutions, agencies and governments.

It faces many problems: neglect and lack of investment mean that its buildings and facilities are badly degraded and its staff face an uphill struggle to deliver healthcare in an environment Commission officials have described as deplorable.