Flexibility, Well-Being, and Artificial Intelligence: The Private Healthcare Sector’s Response to the Shortage of Healthcare Professionals
Madrid, October 8, 2026. – ASPE’s 6th Human Resources and Health Congress
The event brought together executives, professionals, and experts to share experiences and best practices in areas such as artificial intelligence, workplace well-being, and professional development.
📍The sector is calling for more flexible talent management to address the growing shortage of professionals. ASPE President José Manuel Baltar emphasized that the quality of care ultimately depends on the professionals who are part of healthcare organizations. In this regard, he advocated for the need to continue promoting policies aimed at attracting, developing, and retaining talent, stressing that “the healthcare organizations that take the best care of their professionals will also be the ones that take the best care of their patients.”
📍Private healthcare centers are accelerating the adoption of AI to improve the experience of candidates, professionals, and patients. AI will play a key role in transforming human resources processes, streamlining tasks and improving the experience for both professionals and candidates. They also emphasized that the main challenge lies in building trust and facilitating the adoption of these tools, ensuring that they complement the human element of people management.
📍The AVANCE Project: Competency Development Framework for the Nursing Team, spearheaded by ASPE, is the first sector-wide framework focused on nursing competency development in private healthcare.
The AVANCE Project has been launched by ASPE as a consensus-based sector-wide initiative aimed at establishing a common framework to promote the professional development and optimization of the talents of nurses and nursing assistants, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality healthcare.
The participants explained that the project is organized into different lines of work aimed at promoting the development of nursing competencies through advanced nursing triage, the consolidation of core competencies, and the responsible delegation of activities. The first line of work focuses on the delegation of basic tasks in the surgical setting under nursing supervision. The nursing committee is already working on Line II—the development of advanced nursing triage—and Line III—a model for the delegation of basic tasks in outpatient clinics.
Luis Mendicuti, secretary general of ASPE, emphasized the importance of the AVANCE project and reaffirmed the employers’ association’s commitment to continuing to promote initiatives that meet the needs of healthcare facilities and their teams.
A Strategic Challenge for the Future of Healthcare
The 6th ASPE Human Resources and Healthcare Conference has once again highlighted that talent management is one of the main strategic challenges for private healthcare. The implementation of new technologies, the promotion of professional well-being, and a commitment to training and skills development are key elements for ensuring sustainability, attracting and retaining talent, and delivering excellence in care in the coming years.
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