Health Professionals' Health in Europe

Healthprofessionals' Health in Europe

EANA MEETING

17-18 May 2013 in Prague

During the spring-meeting of EANA ( European doctors in free practice ), held in Prague, on May 17-18,  Dr. André Bolliger, Director of the SWISSpsy INSTITUTE, President of ASPROMEL ( Spanish Associaton of doctors in free practice ) and Treasurer elect of EANA, exposed the elements which lead to burnout sindrome in health professionals.

Along with Vice President and Treasurer of ASPROMEL, Dr. Olga Garcia Gómez,  he  urged the European forum on solving urgently the dramatic situation Spanish doctors are going through. As the two doctors have stated in their papers the untenable situation of doctors in Spain leads to the highest rate of burnout among health professionals of Europe and to growing emigration of physicians trained in the country, which means a huge economic loss  for Spain. Until today more than 10,000 Spanish doctors have sought better working conditions outside the country. EANA is aware of the dramatic situation and decided to develop under the guidance of its new Treasurer an action plan to remedy the untenable situation in Spain.

During the Prague meeting EANA also took measures to protect and defend the interests of physicians in free practice of other member countries of the European platform. The health of doctors and other health professionals has proved a matter of highest priority in this time of increasing political and economic pressure. Healthy societies need healthy health systems with  transparent and balanced economic accounts in which healthy health professionals  are the only guarantee of universal, secure and financially responsable health care, of quality and of most effective therapy for the patient.