PHSSR Saudi Arabia 2025

3.3 Recommendations RECOMMENDATION 3A Establish mechanisms to forecast future health care workforce supply and demand, with projections taken into account in national workforce training strategies.. RECOMMENDATION 3B Design and implement a mechanism for the routine evaluation of health workforce performance, productivity and wellbeing to inform interventions for their improvement. RECOMMENDATION 3C Develop and enforce a national health competency framework aligned with the plans to implement a value-based health system. RECOMMENDATION 3D Ensure prioritisation of the well-being and psychological safety of healthcare workers, involving service providers, regulator and accreditation organisations and in the health ecosystem in general to reduce burnout and staff turnover. RECOMMENDATION 3E Meet targets for the number of Saudi Arabian nationals in the health workforce, especially in the nursing profession. RECOMMENDATION 3F Incentivise services to rural and underserved areas to help address disparities in access to care. RECOMMENDATION 3G Expand and diversify the healthcare workforce by investing in education and training programmes to meet the needs of a growing population. 49 Sustainability and Resilience in the Saudi Arabian Health System The Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience