health workforce

collocation in English

meaningsofhealthandworkforce

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health
noun[U]
uk
/helθ/us
/helθ/
the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of ...
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workforce
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/us
/ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/
the group of people who work in a company, industry, ...
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(Definition ofhealthandworkforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhealth workforce

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Towards developing a flexiblehealthworkforce: a conference background paper.
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The process emphasised the value of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working and the resources of the wider publichealthworkforce.
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These findings have important implications for future policy concerned to address the wider social determinant of health inequalities and to develop the multidisciplinary publichealthworkforcethis requires.
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Recognizing that health system reform is closely intertwined with the availability of health human resources, many countries have madehealthworkforceissues a major priority.
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The nature of the agencies that collecthealthworkforcedata (local governments, health insurance funds, statutory bodies, trade unions, national office of statistics, etc.) also vary.
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Without this, potential members of the wider publichealthworkforcemay respond defensively and resist alignment to public health goals in order to protect their embattled workspaces.
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Thehealthworkforcedebate is distinct from the issues covered by the draft directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Prison managers and primary care trusts are responsible for ensuring that an establishment'shealthworkforce includes people with the skills and competencies necessary to implement its prison health delivery plan.
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I strongly support the idea that it is absolutely essential to develop training communication courses for thehealthworkforcein order to provide clearer and more complete information to patients.
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One source reported allied health professionals making up 60 percent of the totalhealthworkforce.
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Workforce preparation must include all segments of thehealthworkforce, provide lifelong opportunities for learning, and address the special needs of women, children and adolescents.
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In the developing world, international development assistance led to numerous initiatives for strengtheninghealthworkforcecapacity to deliver essential health care services.
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