Frontline Perspectives and Emerging Solutions for Strengthening Healthcare Workforce Well-Being

Burnout, chronic stress, staff shortages, and increasing psychosocial risks continue to threaten the well-being and retention of Europe’s healthcare workforce. As health systems confront rising demands and recurring crises, strengthening workforce resilience has become a strategic priority.

The EU-funded KEEPCARING Project brings together scientific, clinical, technological, and end-user partners to co-create evidence-based tools and interventions that promote mental health, organisational support, and psychological safety among healthcare professionals working in hospital environments.

Frontline insights gathered through stakeholder engagement activities, including those facilitated by the EFN, complement the scientific evidence base generated across the KEEPCARING Project consortium.

Bringing these strands together helps illuminate the conditions required to sustain a resilient, motivated, and well-supported healthcare workforce across Europe. These insights complement evidence emerging from scientific partners across the consortium, ongoing EU policy developments, and WHO Europe’s 2025 mental health findings.

The full publication is available open access here.