Wed, 17/12/2025 - 09:00 to 15:00
Description
Sciensano invites you to take part in the seminar “Well-being of healthcare and welfare professionals” — a day of exchange and dialogue dedicated to exploring one key question:
What policy choices and conditions are needed to sustainably improve the well-being of healthcare and welfare professionals?
To better understand these challenges, Sciensano, on behalf of the FPS Public Health, has developed the Be.well.pro monitor — a tool that provides valuable insights into the experiences, needs and expectations of healthcare and welfare professionals across Belgium.
The goal of this study day is to:
- share the results of the Be.well.pro monitor more widely,
- bring together Belgian policymakers and key stakeholders,
- and jointly identify concrete actions to promote sustainable well-being at work.
Join us to contribute to shaping a healthier, more supportive environment for those who care for others.
Program
09:00 Registration and coffee
09:30 Introduction | Frank Vandenbroucke, Federal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health
09:45 From Burnout to Belonging: What drives healthcare workers to stay or leave | Lode Godderis, full professor, KU Leuven
10:10 Monitoring work-related mental wellbeing of professionals in the healthcare and welfare sector in Belgium: results from the Be.well.pro monitor | Vincent De Prez, scientist, Sciensano
10:35 Coffee break
10:50 Policy-oriented panel with umbrella organisations and workers’ unions
12:00 Parallel webinars on good practices. Presentation of initiatives in practice, with discussion (in person and online)
- From training to wellbeing: ICHO’s integrated approach to resilient general practitioners | Joke Vangilbergen, psychologist & dr. Janique Lobbestael, director, ICHO vzw
- Test bed for technology for Workable Work (PTWW) in the care and welfare sectors: From necessity to impact | Leia Vrancken, UCLL Research & Expertise
- Working together against work stress: a participatory organisational intervention in the emergency department | Lore Mannaerts, head nurse, VITAZ vzw
- Clinical leadership: impact on job satisfaction and retention | Sabrina Nachtergaele, Theme lead Leadership in healthcare, Artevelde hogeschool
- Heart Core project – Stress and Sleep in Healthcare Professionals | Julie Vanderlinden, Healthcare Researcher, Odisee Hogeschool
- Médecins en difficulté / Arts in nood | dr. Michel Bafort, co-chair (Dutch speaking); dr. Michel Libert, co-chair (French speaking)
13:00 Networking lunch
Registration
Registration is open until 3 December
Places limited to 250 people
Contact
Would you like more information? You can contact us by e-mail: bewellpro@sciensano.be.
