Dr Maurizio Zega is the President of the Order of the Nursing Professions of Rome, vice President of FNOPI, the National Federation of Orders of the Nursing Professions in Italy, and now: our Vice-President of the European Nursing Council since the 22nd of March. Dr Zega’s brilliant career includes serving as Director of Sitra [...]

In an emotional ceremony, held in the context of the Congress of the Italian National Regulatory Nursing Authority (FNOPI), that took place in Rimini on March 22nd, FNOPI President Barbara Mangiacavalli, and our President Mircea Timofte, co-signed the document of FNOPI’s adhesion to the European Nursing Council (ENC). Our two organisations stressed the necessity [...]

This News From Brussels contains quite exiting reading material. Nurses can (soon) prescribe medicines in Belgium, the EU has published the very important regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), and there is (finally) a plan to avoid foreign dependency and shortage of medicines in Europe.To learn more about these topics, just click on [...]

In this issue of our "News from Brussels" we are discussing an interesting evolution in the UK that could concern our profession in Europe in the future. Low-value care is an issue and the EU is moving to address it. Do give a thought to the Call for Evidence of the UK Professional Standards Authority.To [...]

We do have some important news to share with you all in this second issue of our Newsletter for 2025. The European Parliament has in fact completed the constitution of its SANT Committee, the European Commission has adopted an Action Plan to protect EU Health sector from Cyber Attacks, and a proposal was submitted in [...]

A new year with a lot of European evolutions ahead has just started. The brand-new European Parliament Committee on Health is a proof of the upgraded interest with which our profession, and the professions of healthcare in general, will be dealt with during the five years of the mandate. Evolution in Slovakia may become [...]

ENC press release on the occasion of the 2025 International Women’s Day.

We are delighted to invite you to the Final Conference of the Telenursing Project, a European Union-funded initiative implemented by Pro Arbeit, Systserv, the European Nursing Council, the University of Thessaly, Egina, Studium Uciliste, and GG Huisartsen.This collaborative project is dedicated to empowering healthcare professionals and caregivers in providing remote care to patients, addressing key [...]

Dear Friends, Another issue of our News from Brussels for your kind attention. We are discussing the serious diminishment of competencies of the future European Commissioner for Health, the participation of ENC at a major international event on Nursing, as well as the results of an interesting survey in the UK. As always we look [...]

Dear Friends, Now that holidays are (almost) over and the newly elected MEPs are slowly returning to their duties, everyone's attention is focused on the distribution of tasks among the new members of the College of European Commissioners and on the hearings of the latter by the European Parliament. Let us remember that it is [...]