Health care

In health care, employees are engaged in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, injuries and poisonings and organise health services.

Health care jobs are primarily affected by the ageing of the population, technological development, innovation in the provision of services and the increased expectations of patients for the treatment service. Health care professionals find work in family medicine, specialist medicine and emergency medical care, dentistry, hospitals and pharmacies. The activities of doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and pharmacists are regulated by laws in Estonia. In addition, healthcare employs other top-level and middle-level professionals who are not regulated by law and find employment in other companies and institutions, such as optics shops, general education schools, kindergartens, spas and sports clubs.

In the future, the number of health care jobs will increase as a result of ageing population, increasing life expectancy and the development of treatment options. Nurses, pharmacists, midwives, bioanalysts, emergency medical technicians, physiotherapists, care professionals, clinical and school psychologists and radiology technicians are needed. However, the number of doctors' jobs is declining as a result of depopulation. The number of dental and pharmacist jobs remains the same, but additional dental assistants are needed.

The number of graduates in the health professions as a whole is sufficient to fill the jobs of the future. However, there is a lack of nurses, pharmacists, pharmacists and dentists because there are not enough graduates in these specialties. There will be slightly more graduates than jobs in the future, but emigration may exacerbate labour shortages. Continuing with the current number of graduates, the education system is able to serve the needs of the labour market without problems in terms of midwifery, physiotherapist, radiology technician, emergency medicine technician and bioanalyst.

Information is based on the OSKA Health Workforce and Skills Survey, which forecast employment in the field until 2025.