Civil organizations and patients’ advocacy groups, together with healthcare professional associations call on European policy-makers to address the health workforce crisis by implementing solutions that prioritize the well-being of health workers, probably the main precondition for better protection of patients' rights across Europe. Read two articles written as a follow up of the celebration of the XVIII European Patients’ Rights Day by the ACN’s Director published on two peer-reviewed international journals Clinics in Nursing and International Journal of Medical Case Reports and Medical Research.