On Wednesday, 26 October, the annual meeting of the Contact Persons of the Order's and the Sisters Hospitallers’ European Provinces workING with the Hospitality Europe office in Brussels, was held at the General Curia.

It took place in an atmosphere of fruitful cooperation given the well-established synergies between the participants.

As always, the meeting was animated and coordinated by Dr Galasso, Director of the Brussels office, who illustrated the initiatives and European projects promoted over the past year with the involvement of more than 30 Hospitaller Centres and hundreds of Religious and Co-workers. The participants discussed current issues on the European health agenda, in particular the shortage of healthcare personnel, the impact of the pandemic on mental health, the care and integration of Ukrainian refugees and the digitalisation of care services.

The meeting was also graced with the testimony of Karin Brettner and Martina Pusterhofer – co-workers at the socio-health centre of the Austrian Province in Kainbach bei Graz – who presented the European MOVE project, which involves various facilities of the Order and the Sisters Hospitallers in rehabilitation programmes for patients focusing on motor activity (www.move-project.net ).