4/10/2025 — From 29 September to 3 October 2025, the Transforming Health & Care Systems (THCS) Partnership held its first THCS Learning Week, a five-day series of online webinars dedicated to strengthening skills, sharing knowledge and showcasing tools and solutions to support the transformation of health and social care systems across Europe. Delivered entirely in virtual format, the event brought together policy makers, researchers, funders, practitioners and innovators to explore how to build resilient, sustainable and people-centred systems capable of addressing demographic pressures, digital transformation, workforce challenges and evolving societal needs.
The Learning Week opened with a strong focus on capacity-building and shared learning, placing the THCS Knowledge Hub at the centre of discussions. Presented by WP10 during the opening webinar, the Hub was illustrated as a co-designed digital environment conceived to support collaboration, capability development and knowledge sharing across the THCS community. Rather than being a static repository, the Hub was described as a dynamic space where evidence-based resources, tools, methodologies and training materials come together to reinforce competencies and enable users to navigate different dimensions of transformation. Speakers guided participants through its architecture and main features, showing how the Hub is intended to facilitate not only access to information, but also the exchange of experience among organisations and project teams, and the development of skills needed to adopt and scale innovative solutions.
Throughout the week, its relevance was repeatedly highlighted in connection with other THCS initiatives. WP4 demonstrated how the transferability and implementation tools developed within the Partnership will be accessed and used through the Hub, supporting the adaptation of solutions across diverse national and organisational contexts. WP10 emphasised how the platform will serve future training and knowledge-sharing opportunities, while WP5 underscored its role in strengthening evidence-based policymaking by offering decision makers structured access to research results, tools and learning resources. Taken together, these contributions framed the Knowledge Hub as a cornerstone for long-term capability-building—an evolving infrastructure designed to support peer learning, dissemination of project outcomes, and system transformation across Europe.
Several webinars were dedicated to the practical application of research and innovation through THCS-funded projects. Sessions showcased initiatives under the “Healthcare of the Future” (2023) and “Innovate to Prevent” (2024) calls, providing examples of how innovative approaches can contribute to integrated and person-centred care, prevention and the optimisation of health and social care pathways. PEER-HomeCare, MI-RICORDO and NeuroRehab4EU illustrated strategies for rehabilitation and patient-centred digital solutions; ReStage, MDR in AIS and ARC offered insights into diagnostics, acute stroke pathways and ageing in place; while Ema Frailty, SPINE-SYNC and Stars-Health demonstrated methods to support prevention, digital literacy and community-based models of care. These sessions underscored how funded research not only generates new solutions, but also provides lessons on transferability, implementation and scaling, which are critical components of long-term transformation.
The Learning Week also addressed cross-cutting system challenges. A webinar dedicated to reducing low-value care examined strategies to identify and limit procedures of limited benefit, reflecting on implications for patient outcomes, safety and resource allocation. Another session explored future workforce skills, emphasising lifelong learning and the evolving competencies needed to support digital innovation, prevention, multidisciplinary collaboration and sustainable models of care. The final webinar, led by WP5, focused on evidence-based policymaking, illustrating tools and strategies to strengthen decision makers’ capability and confidence in using research outputs to inform policy design and implementation, including by leveraging the Knowledge Hub and associated learning resources.
As a fully online initiative, the THCS Learning Week enabled broad and cross-border participation, lowering barriers to access and creating an inclusive digital space for exchange. Over five days, participants engaged with experts and peers in a coordinated programme that combined policy perspectives, practical examples and methodological insights—reinforcing the Partnership’s commitment to shared learning as a foundation for systemic transformation.
The Learning Week demonstrated the value of integrating research, policy and practice; promoting the adoption and scaling of innovative solutions; strengthening workforce capacity; and enabling a collective approach to transformation challenges across Member States. Recordings and presentations will be made available via the THCS Knowledge Hub and event webpage, supporting continued learning and collaboration beyond the live sessions.