Relyens presented its outlook report “Risks and Opportunies for European Healthcare Facilities” at SantExpo 2026, the flagship event of the healthcare ecosystem in France.
This report on the vulnerabilities of health systems by 2035 is translated in five languages and is the result of an unprecedented survey conducted by Ipsos among nearly 1,000 managers and caregivers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. This report is also based on the expertise of an International Scientific Committee.
The discussions confirmed one thing: for many institutions, the issue of staff shortages and exhausted teams is no longer a projection for 2030. It is already a daily reality.
HR risk now acts as a systemic risk. When a team becomes vulnerable, the consequences extend far beyond mere human resources issues. Continuity of care, patient safety, organisational functioning, the attractiveness of the profession: everything becomes interconnected.
HR-related risks are perceived as the most serious and the ones for which organisations feel least prepared. However, the speakers also emphasised that this situation is not inevitable.
Several courses of action can be taken and levers already exist on the ground.
Detecting early warning signs sooner, training line managers, supporting secondary victims following an adverse event, rethinking the return to work, restoring meaning and breathing space to career paths.
“The report highlights shared issues – human resources under pressure, rising health costs, an aging population – with the aim of going beyond the simple observation of a crisis to identify courses of action. Behind common constraints, each country deals with its history, its governance model and its culture of care. If concerns are shared, it becomes essential to explore concerted responses at the European level. A “Europe of health” does not mean abolishing sovereignty, but organizing cooperation where it has the greatest effect. Transforming a shared concern into a collective project is what Europe knows how to do when it sets itself a horizon. Health is no exception to this rule: it is by assuming our interdependencies that we will preserve, in the long term, the ability to heal. This report aims to shed light on the action. It shows that resilience is a collective project that must mobilize institutions, insurers, public decision-makers, and European partners.” Paolo Silvano, Chairman of the committee, scientist, member of the board of directors of the UEHP permanently invited to the Board of Directors Relyens
