BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.2//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:W. Europe Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251002T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYHOUR=3;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:W. Europe Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:W. Europe Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 12 May 2026\, Brussels\, Belgium \;(14:00-16:30 CET )Held on the occasion of International Nurses&rsquo\; Day\, this webinar a ddresses two fundamental questions about the nursing profession and marks the launch of the seminal volume \;Strengthening health systems throug h nursing: Thematic overview.Part 1 Webinar: What are nurses\, and how doe s the nursing profession support health system transformation? (14:00-15:0 0) \;What are nurses\, and how is the nursing profession defined acros s different roles and levels of practice?How does the nursing profession s upport health system performance and transformation?Nurses constitute the largest professional group in any health system\, with around 3.7 million practising nurses in the EU. However\, &ldquo\;nursing&rdquo\; is far from a homogeneous profession. It encompasses nursing professionals\, nursing associates and health care assistants\, with increasing differentiation th rough specialization and the emergence of advanced practice roles. Underst anding this diversity is essential to appreciating the full breadth of nur sing&rsquo\;s contribution to health systems.This webinar examines how the development of nursing roles\, competencies\, and leadership can actively support health system reform and the transition to new models of care. It also explores how nurses contribute to key dimensions of health system pe rformance\, specifically\, quality of care\, access\, effectiveness\, safe ty\, user experience\, people-centredness and population health outcomes. As European health systems evolve towards more integrated\, preventative a nd people-centred models\, the role of nurses in enabling and sustaining t his transformation is of paramount importance. Strengthening nursing capac ities is not only a workforce priority\, but a strategic lever for improvi ng overall health system performance.This webinar offers insights into the current and future contribution of nursing and highlights policy-relevant pathways for leveraging nursing development in health system transformati on.Speakers:Prof Anne-Marie Rafferty\, Professor of Health &\; Nursing Policy\, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing &\; Midwifery &\; P alliative Care\, King&rsquo\;s College\, London\, United Kingdom (Keynote) Rachel Greenley\, London School of Hygiene &\; Tropical Medicine\, Unit ed KingdomMargrieta Langins\, WHO Regional Office for EuropeWendy Preston\ , Royal College of Nursing\, United KingdomModerators: \;Matthias Wism ar &\; Ewout van Ginneken \;(European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) \;Part 2 Roundtable: Nursing development strengthening health systems (15:30-16:30) \;Building directly on the preceding webi nar and the launch of Strengthening Health Systems Through Nursing: a Syst ematic Review\, this roundtable will take a systemic and forward-looking p erspective on how nursing development can support health system transforma tion. \;The discussion will focus on key governance and policy levers shaping the nursing profession today and\, in the future\, including workf orce forecasting and planning\, skills and role development\, education an d training\, retention and career pathways\, as well as professional regul ation and leadership. Bringing these elements together is essential to und erstanding how nursing can support the transition towards more integrated and people-centred models of care. \;Designed as an interactive and li vely exchange\, the roundtable will bring together key stakeholders to ide ntify and &ldquo\;stitch together&rdquo\; the most promising strategies fo r nursing development that can strengthen health systems and support the t ransition towards new models of care. \;Roundtable participants:Prof A nne-Marie Rafferty\, Professor of Health &\; Nursing Policy\, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing &\; Midwifery &\; Palliative Care\, K ing&rsquo\;s College\, London\, United Kingdom (Keynote)Rachel Greenley\, London School of Hygiene &\; Tropical Medicine\, United KingdomMargriet a Langins\, WHO Regional Office for EuropeWendy Preston\, UK Head of Nursi ng (Practice and Workforce)\, United KingdomDr Gemma Williams\, European O bservatory on Health Systems and Policies \;Federica Magheri\, EHMA&nb sp\;Lisa Baldini\, AGENAS\, Italy \;Moderators: \;Matthias Wismar& nbsp\;&\; \;Nicole Mauer \;(European Observatory on Health Syst ems and Policies) \; DTEND:20260512T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260606T061922Z DTSTART:20260512T120000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:International Nurses Day 2026 hybrid event UID:RFCALITEM639163235622180025 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Tuesday 12 May 2026\, Brussels\, Belgium&n bsp\;(14:00-16:30 CET)

Held on the occasi on of International Nurses&rsquo\; Day\, this webinar addresses two fundam ental questions about the nursing profession and marks the launch of the s eminal volume \;Strengthening health systems through nursing: Thematic o verview.

Part 1 Webinar: What are nurses\, and how does the nursing profession support health system transformation? (14:00-1 5:00) \;

Nurses constitute the largest professional group in any health system\, with around 3.7 million practisi ng nurses in the EU. However\, &ldquo\;nursing&rdquo\; is far from a homog eneous profession. It encompasses nursing professionals\, nursing associat es and health care assistants\, with increasing differentiation through sp ecialization and the emergence of advanced practice roles. Understanding t his diversity is essential to appreciating the full breadth of nursing&rsq uo\;s contribution to health systems.

This webinar examines how the development of nursing roles\, competencies\, and leadership can actively support health system reform and the transition to new models of care. It also explores how nurses contribute to key dimensions of health system per formance\, specifically\, quality of care\, access\, effectiveness\, safet y\, user experience\, people-centredness and population health outcomes. < /p>

As European health systems evolve towards more integrated\, preventa tive and people-centred models\, the role of nurses in enabling and sustai ning this transformation is of paramount importance. Strengthening nursing capacities is not only a workforce priority\, but a strategic lever for i mproving overall health system performance.

This webinar offers insi ghts into the current and future contribution of nursing and highlights po licy-relevant pathways for leveraging nursing development in health system transformation.

Speakers:

Prof Anne-Marie Ra fferty\, Professor of Health &\; Nursing Policy\, Florence Nig htingale Faculty of Nursing &\; Midwifery &\; Palliative Care\, King &rsquo\;s College\, London\, United Kingdom (Keynote)
Rachel Greenley\, London School of Hygiene &\; Tropical Medicine\, Un ited Kingdom
Margrieta Langins\, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Wendy Preston\, Royal College of Nursing \, United Kingdom

Moderators: \;

Matthias Wismar &\; Ewout van Ginneken \;(European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

 \;

Part 2 Roundtable: Nursi ng development strengthening health systems (15:30-16:30) \;

Building directly on the preceding webinar and th e launch of Strengthening Health Systems Through Nursing: a Systematic Rev iew\, this roundtable will take a systemic and forward-looking perspective on how nursing development can support health system transformation.  \;

The discussion will focus on key governance and policy levers sha ping the nursing profession today and\, in the future\, including workforc e forecasting and planning\, skills and role development\, education and t raining\, retention and career pathways\, as well as professional regulati on and leadership. Bringing these elements together is essential to unders tanding how nursing can support the transition towards more integrated and people-centred models of care. \;

Designed as an interact ive and lively exchange\, the roundtable will bring together key stakehold ers to identify and &ldquo\;stitch together&rdquo\; the most promising str ategies for nursing development that can strengthen health systems and sup port the transition towards new models of care. \;

Roundtable participants:< /strong>

Prof Anne-Marie Rafferty\, Professor of He alth &\; Nursing Policy\, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing &\ ; Midwifery &\; Palliative Care\, King&rsquo\;s College\, London\, Unit ed Kingdom (Keynote)
Rachel Greenley\, London School of Hygiene &\; Tropical Medicine\, United Kingdom
Margrie ta Langins\, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Wendy Pr eston\, UK Head of Nursing (Practice and Workforce)\, United King dom
Dr Gemma Williams\, European Observatory on Heal th Systems and Policies \;
Federica Maghe ri\, EHMA \;
Lisa Baldini \, AGENAS\, Italy \;

Moderators: \;

Matthias Wismar \;&\; \;Nicole Mauer \;(European Observatory on Health Systems and Pol icies)

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