Overview
As part of its support and coordination activities with the Ministry of Health, under the terms of Order no. 7985/2023 of 3 August, PLANAPP is carrying out research work dedicated to the qualification of management policies and strategic planning for Health Human Resources (HHR), which is part of its study agenda.
This project aims not only to produce evidence on the characterisation and evolution of the Health Workforce in mainland Portugal, especially in the National Health Service (NHS/SNS), but also to contribute, in conjunction with the relevant bodies in the Ministry of Health, to the diagnosis of public HHR policies in the country, and to identify lines of prospect for in-depth planning, as well as a roadmap for action intending to qualifying the strategic management of HHR, particularly in the NHS/SNS.
Objectives
1) To develop exploratory studies in different areas of HHR research, namely:
- characterisation of the NHS/SNS workforce — primary health care and hospital — and its evolution over a recent period, in multiple dimensions (job, gender, age), including territorial variation and population ratios, as well as the organisation of working time and absenteeism and professional retention/abandonment in the NHS/SNS.
- analysing job satisfaction and dissatisfaction factors among some health care workers (namely doctors and nurses) and factors for leaving/retaining the NHS/SNS (as well as retention factors), in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and involving the respective professional orders.
- a prospective analysis of the evolution of HHR needs and supply in mainland Portugal, especially for certain groups of health professionals (doctors and nurses).
2) To collaborate with the Ministry of Health in the implementation of the National Inventory of Health Professionals, an essential tool for enabling long-term HHR planning, and in the development of the Human Resources and Salaries application, with a view to developing it into an effective information system to support strategic management of Human Resources in the NHS/SNS.
3) To contribute to the qualification of public policies on HRH in mainland Portugal.
Duration
August 2023 to December 2024.