Nursing Up, an initiative to return Italian migrant nurses – Health Care – Ansa.it

The campaign launched by the nurses’ union to repatriate Italian migrant nurses is called #Ready to go back.


The initiative comes after the government’s decision to focus on 10 thousand Indian professionals to overcome the problem of shortage of nurses in our country. An option that the president of Nursing Up, Antonio De Palma, is very critical and, as we read in a note, also competes “Bertolaso’s way of hiring professionals from South America, as a short-term solution , and thousands of qualified nurses work abroad and would be ready to return if suitable conditions were guaranteed.” “Every day – he explains – we receive wonderful messages from Italian nurses who work in Europe and even in Norway. They are asking why the government is not creating the conditions for return”, said De Palma. The exodus, which has seen more than 48,000 nurses leave Italy since 2002, has reached a peak of 15,000 arrived in the last three years alone. “40% – he says – would come home if there were adequate salaries and contractual stability”. Nursing Up wants investment “in no uncertain terms”. those who are already familiar with the Italian health care system: “It is not a question of facing foreigners but of making long-term political choices. increasingly connected care needs to the Continuing Care Plan 2024”, explains De Palma, adding that a temporary hiring policy is not enough. Competitive salaries and stability, special re-entry calls and targeted investments in young people are among the main proposals of the campaign #Prontiatornarre. The president of Nursing Up concludes with an appeal to politicians, inviting them to “act immediately so that our profession does not collapse”, a real threat if we consider “the aging of the population and half-enrollment in recent nursing degree courses. years 15 years”.