PHSSR European Union Investing in Health 2025

26 Investing in Health for a Competitive, Secure, and Resilient Europe: A Strategic Call to Action The Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resiliencepilot identified several considerations, including determining the size of funding needs for projects that will strengthen health systems, targeting available opportunities in the dynamic EU funding landscape, and combining already available EU advisory services to ensure synergies and avoid duplication. In June 2024, Member States called on the Commission to establish an EU Health Investment Hub based on the experience from the TSI pilot.124 Source: Eurohealth (2024) Further progress has been made through the European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS), which provides a platform for projects evaluating innovative solutions to transform health and care systems.126 The THCS aims to promote synergies and broader cooperation beyond the health and care sectors to support the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, inclusive, innovative, and high-quality people-centred health and care systems that are equally accessible to all.127Case study: Pilot EU Health Hub125 In 2022, Austria, Belgium, and Slovenia partnered and applied for TSI support in making more efficient use of both national and EU resources within health. The two-year project was funded by the TSI and implemented by Expertise France in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The project served as a pilot for the creation of a Resource Hub for Strategic Investments in Health, known as the ‘EU Health Hub’, that would provide an EU-level ‘one-stop shop’ to support Member States in navigating EU resources to address health system needs more efficiently. Key outcomes of the project include: � Building capacity in the three Member States to make a stronger case for public investments at the national and international levels to support health systems’ sustainability and resilience. � Exploring approaches to optimise the use of available EU resources for undertaking key health investments and health system reforms. In addition to the broader project outcomes, the project provided tailored support to each Member State to secure funding for priority reforms, including the following: � In Austria, the project supported several Austrian hospitals in their application to the EU’s LIFE programme to secure funding for green investments. Furthermore, it supported the establishment of a new department within the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection dedicated to health financing, aimed at strengthening engagement with tools and methodologies to support evidence-based investment in health. � In Belgium, the project supported the implementation of the country’s inter-federal Population Health Management strategy, including the development of a digital dashboard which will be further advanced through funding from the RRF . � In Slovenia, the project has provided inputs to the development of a new primary healthcare strategy and support in navigating EU instruments that can assist in the implementation of the reform. Additionally, it provided training and practical tools to support civil servants and other stakeholders in making the case for investment in health, with the aim of strengthening capacity for evidence- based decision-making. In 2025, a flagship TSI project plans to build on the existing work and make the pilot EU Health Hub available to all Member States.