The main measure is the regulation of the number of available specialist training vacancies, proposed annually by the Human Resources Commission of NHS and set by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality since 2014.
Others actions were undertaken in the past to incentives the immigration of HWF from other countries or to persuade Spanish HWF gone abroad to come back.
Since 2003, a great deal of regulatory and legislative activity has taken place to overcome the challenges. These initiatives include:
- The creation of the Human Resources Commission of National Health System;
- The creation of a national Registry of Health Professionals;
- A study on needs in medical specialists, updated on a regular basis.
The studies analyse of supply and current and future needs of medical specialists serves as a basis workforce planning. The first study, published in 2007, covered the years 2006-2030. It has been updated in 2009 (for the years 2008-2025) and 2011 (for the years 2010-2025). Assumptions, parameters and findings of the forecasting studies are discussed and agreed in the Human Resources Commission of the NHS.
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