Lucio Valentini 5.14pm Thursday 20 June 2024
Staff now close to retirement in the Municipality of Turin and in the regional administration. In the next few months, 30% of family doctors and pediatricians will need to be replaced. In 2042 there will be 15% fewer workers. The Bank of Italy report on the Piedmontese economy
The Piedmontese economy slows down in 2023 but does not stop (GDP +0.9%), with profitable companies increasing by 7 points compared to 2022. But it sees a gathering shadow, that of demographic decline. A problem that affects all of Italy but which sees the Piedmont do worse than the national average, and decidedly worse than the North of which it would be part, at least geographically. The scholars of Bank of Italy, in presenting the report on the Economy of Piedmont, dedicated a specific focus to the demographic component which risks slowing down future growth even if only because companies will struggle to find employees. Since 2013 the regional population has decreased by 174,000 units and, according to calculations based on Istat data, by 2042 it will decrease by 5%, for a total of 234,000 fewer people, but the working age population will decrease by as much as 14.9%. which means 285,000 fewer workers in the Piedmont of the future.
A bugbear of which the world of work is already showing symptoms. Bank of Italy analysts have produced an analysis on the number of over 50s compared to those under 34. This figure is high in all sectors, but in the public sector it jumps over 250%, he explained. Cristina Fabrizi that together with Andrea Orame presented the report. “There are strong critical issues within Piedmontese local authorities”, explained Fabrizi, “The Municipality of Turin and the Piedmont Region have a share of over 60s that is three times higher than those under 40”. Aging also affects other sectors of the Public Administration such as healthcare, which will face a difficult generational change. The figure fluctuates between OSS, nurses and other profiles but becomes worse “for family doctors and paediatricians: The staffing requirement for retirements alone ranges from 20% to 30%” of the workforce in the coming years. Needs that increase even more if we include the new local healthcare structures envisaged by the Pnrr.
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