Insights

Evidence-based perspectives for leaders shaping the GCC’s health, public and regulated sectors.

Series · 2026

Building national health workforces

A four-part Verlaf series on how GCC health systems can turn workforce ambitions into lasting national capability.

What eight years of health-workforce localisation data teach the GCC

Every GCC state has made building a national health workforce a strategic priority, and the question now is how to do it.

Getting a return on national training spend

GCC health systems now train at a scale few countries match.

Launch with partners, keep the platform national

Academies are how health systems turn training spend into a permanent national asset.

Six levers that turn a growing national nursing workforce into a career young people choose

The idea that nationals will not choose nursing is out of date.

Verlaf advises health holding companies and providers in the GCC on human capital, learning and workforce strategy.