​Danish Championship in Skills: The country’s top apprentices will be found when the Danish Championships for builders are held in Copenhagen in 2020. Skilled workers are in short supply in the Danish labour market. Copenhagen hopes that this prestigious competition will inspire even more young people to become skilled tradesmen.

​Personalised medicines are crucial to the development of new and improved treatment procedures in tomorrow’s healthcare system. This is why the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Zealand, the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark have teamed up to establish a solid framework to develop tailored personalised medicines to benefit patients.

​The Regional Council of the Capital Region of Denmark has decided to establish a special council focusing upon socially disadvantaged citizens. The council has a broad foundation of 12 representatives from voluntary organisations, as well as municipal and regional bodies. The Capital Region of Denmark is the first Danish region to set up a council for the disadvantaged.

​In 2019, the Capital Region of Denmark will again increase capacity to enable establishment of 11 new medical practices. This was decided by Committee for Prevention and Cohesion on the basis of the annual survey of general practitioner coverage and a forecast of the number of GPs required in the coming five years.