Overview

Evidence-based interventions are key to ensuring a sufficient and sustainable health workforce and thereby ensuring a workforce available for transforming health service delivery. As health professional retention strategies are among the top priorities of the country’s national health policy agenda, Hungary has introduced a scholarship programme for resident doctors. This evidence-informed strategy appears to be reducing the outflow of Hungarian doctors. While evaluation is still pending, the country’s high level commitment to securing a sustainable health workforce is offering new graduates the opportunity to stay and practice in Hungary.