by Editors

At a critical time for Italian healthcare, Massimo Blasoni, founder of the Sereni Orizzonti group, expressed deep concern about the current crisis of social care workers (OSS) and nurses, condemning the persistent inertia in training.
The latest data confirm a worrying picture: according to the Ministry of Health, in 2022 Italy had a total of 302,841 nurses, of whom 268,013 were employed by the National Health Service and 34,828 by other facilities. With only 5.13 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, our country is well below the European average, also showing significant territorial disparities - from Campania with only 3.83 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, to Liguria with 7.01.

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