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A recent short report by the Foresight Centre shows that in the coming years, there will be an increasing need to involve foreign workforce in the Estonian healthcare system. Also, the proportion of healthcare workers who work in the private sector and in multiple jobs keeps growing, which in turn reduces the national healthcare system’s capacity and increases patient waiting times.

The Foresight Centre conference ‘The personalised state in Estonia: future directions, risks and opportunities’ discussed the opportunities of personalisation of state services and benefits and focused on risks involved in using people’s data.

A report from the Foresight Centre shows that half of Estonian residents support linking benefits to income. Need-based benefits are more favoured by older people and those with lower income, while younger age groups and parents of minor children are less supportive of them.

In today’s short report, the Foresight Centre presents a selection of various options for linking current social and educational benefits with people’s income, analysing the effect the changes would have on poverty, inequality and the state budget.