BRIGHTskills – Health Industry Skills Validation Survey

BRIGHTskills, a European initiative on the current and future skills needs of the health industry, has launched a short survey to validate workforce and skills trends identified in its earlier research. Professionals working in health industry organisations are invited to take part. The input will help confirm which skills will matter most for the future healthcare workforce.

The survey takes less than two minutes to complete and has nine questions. It asks about the respondent’s type of organisation and sector, and how much the organisation needs professionals who combine technical or scientific, digital and data, regulatory and quality, and business expertise. Further questions cover how urgent it is to strengthen digital, data and AI skills, and how important skills for implementing AI in regulated healthcare environments (including AI governance, validation, quality and regulatory compliance) and sustainability-related skills will be over the next three to five years. Respondents also indicate where their organisation has the greatest difficulty finding people with the right skills, how important transversal skills such as communication, collaboration, adaptability and problem-solving are for digital and organisational transformation, and which country their answers mainly refer to. The form does not collect names or email addresses unless respondents provide them voluntarily.

BRIGHTskills is led by EIT Health and brings together 24 partners, including universities, vocational institutions and companies. Over four years, the project works to develop a skills strategy for the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing, medical technology, digital health and medical supplies industries, along with training programmes designed around employers’ needs. It is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

The survey is available here. More information is on the BRIGHTskills website.

The project is also presenting its European Health Industry Skills Strategy at an online webinar on 19 November 2026 at 11:00 CET.