On the 30th of January ENC sent a position paper to commissioner Kyriakides and her staff. This position paper is a testament to ENC's unwavering belief that mental health is an intrinsic part of overall health and should be accorded the same priority in healthcare discussions. It addresses the urgent need for a paradigm [...]

Dear Friends, Please find attached the first issue of our « News From Brussels » for this year, along with our best wishes. I find all the article very interesting for future ENC papers. At the same time, we are finishing our Paper on Mental Health, which will be shared with you for feedback in the [...]

Dear Friends, Attached you may find our latest issue of "News from Brussels" with information about plans for collaboration between nurses and physicians in Belgium, the problems faced by midwives in the same country, EU policies for sufficiency in medicines and problems faced by elderly patients in Cyprus. We look forward to receiving your [...]

Dear Friends, This issue of our Newsletter includes, among other topics, an article regarding the phenomenon of incivilities at the workplace. We found that very interesting and we are wondering wether your regulatory bodies have ever found themselves facing such phenomena. Feedback from your own activities is obviously always more than welcome. ENC is [...]

Dear Friends, Here is another issue of our "News from Brussels". It seems that Nurses are called ever more often to address mental-health related issues with patients. In the UK such issues have several times links to financial problems. Is it the case in your countries? Feedback is always very welcome. Kind Regards, Theo [...]

Dear Friends, I hope that you will find some time during these very warm days to read this issue of our "News from Brussels". Articles regard the shortage of nurses throughout the EU, the need to invest in primary care nursing, the "greening" of medical technologies and the opportunities for Indian nurses in Europe. [...]

Dear Friends, This is another « News from Brussels » with interesting articles on CPD, the preparation of the EU for future health-related emergencies, and our own project on Telenursing among others. I know its summer in the city but do come back with a bit of feedback even from your hotel room J Kind regards, [...]

Dear All, In this issue of our "News from Brussels" we bring you EU and WHO news about anti-COVID19 vaccines, digital health, and the struggle against the weakening of antimicrobial resistance. The Conference of the British Professional Standards Authority is really worth attending. As always we are very happy to receive feedback and news [...]

May this year’s International Nurses Day be a reminder of the professionalism, courage, dedication and humanity, that nurses worldwide demonstrated these last difficult years. Putting nurses in the list of priorities of national health systems is putting patients interest first. ENC calls for: Measures to motivate young persons to engage in nursing studies Emphasis on [...]

Mr. Lampros Bizas, ENC Treasurer, Mr. Mircea Timofte, ENC Président, Prof. Dr. Theodoros Koutroubas, CEPLIS Director General ENC is actively present at the Bucharest meeting of the WHO Europe government chief nursing meeting. Discussing the impact of digitization on health-care and the difficulties faced by healthcare professionals in the new post-COVID world is essential if [...]