The shortage of health personnel has worsened further and is projected to reach 1,000,000 workers in the health sector by 2030.
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The 1 million figure is a projection, not an observed statistic, and different credible bodies produce very different numbers for the same metric: WHO/Europe projects a shortfall of about 4.1 million health workers in the EU by 2030, and a 2025 Commission-related figure puts the current gap at about 1.2 million doctors, nurses and midwives.
The source that most directly matches the claim (euperspectives.eu, September 2026) is coverage of the very report adopted in the 17 September 2026 plenary session, i.e. same-session material that cannot serve as independent evidence of the figure.
The European Commission projection of 'nearly one million' health professionals is documented by the EU research database CORDIS with a target year of 2020, not 2030, so the year attached to the figure varies across sources.
No primary official source (European Commission communication/study or Eurostat) directly stating '1 million health workers short by 2030' could be located within the search budget.
SecondaryEuropean Committee of the Regions (CoR)L'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) prévoit une pénurie de 4,1 millions de travailleurs de la santé dans l'UE d'ici à 2030, bien que le...
SecondaryEuronews (French)L'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) prévoit que l'Union européenne sera confrontée à une pénurie de 4,1 millions de professionnels de la santé...