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Health and Social Services Sector:

The President of the EPSU standing committee for health and social services is Liza di Paolo Sandberg.

Find out who is your EPSU representative for health and social services here

The health and social services sector is a large and diverse sector, including many different services such as hospitals, child care, community health services, social work and homes for older and disabled people. We represent 3.5 million health and social services workers across Europe, and are engaged in a wide range of issues on their behalf. The categories of workers range from social worker to doctor to hospital cleaner to medical secretary to nurse. EPSU is the recognised European social partner organisation for workers in the hospital sector throughout the European Union.

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EPSU HSS - KEY DATES 2012

EPSU HSS - KEY DATES 2012
(update as of 26 January 2012; pdf-file see below!)
Please pencil these dates in your calendar and block them!
1/ EPSU Standing Committee Health and Social Services (SC HSS)
Venue: Luxembourg
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 (followed by 29 March WG Soc Serv)
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 (followed by 24 October WG Soc Serv)
2/ EPSU Working Group Social Services (WG Soc Serv) – open for HSS + LRG affiliates
Venue: Luxembourg
Tuesday, 29 March 2012 (preceded by (...)

“One Hundred does not always mean One Hundred” denounce Czech health unions

(Press Communication, 14 November 2011) The Government must fulfill its commitments towards wages for health professionals in the Czech Republic. Several health trade unions in the Czech Republic demand to the Government to keep the promises made to trade unions after the doctors mobilization of last year. The Government promised a 10% raise, for all medical staff, now they are back tracking. The raise promised by the Minister of Health should be part of the annual budget decree. Health (...)

Round Table of EPSU Affiliates with Members of the European Parliament

9 November 2011, 17h00-18h30 (after EPSU Executive Committee)
Brussels, European Parliament, ASP 1E1
EPSU LC Nr. 62 (2011)
Information on and invitation to Round Table
Participation form
SUMMARY INFO ON EVENT
WHEN?
• Date: Wedndesday, 9 November 2011
• Time: Starting at 17h00, ending about 18h30. The meeting will be followed by a standing reception with something to drink and eat in front of the meeting room
WHERE?
• European Parliament
• Room: ASP 1E1
• Entrance: (...)

Successful EPSU Health Conference

(27 October) On October 18 and 19 the European Federation of Public Service Unions held its annual sectoral conference; this year, the issue at stake was Health, soon there will be full reports and minutes of the event but readers can start with the audio documents that we collected in partnership with Radio Labour. We would like to thank them for their collaboration.
Radio Labour audio files
Read also our press (...)

European health workers must not be the scapegoats of the crisis. Decent work is needed to improve Europe’s health

(19 October 2011- Press Communication) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) held the biggest gathering in 2011 of health workers in Europe to discuss the effects of the crisis on health and Social Services workers. EPSU is the biggest organization of workers in Europe in the health sector. About 100 people from more than 27 European countries attended the event.
The conference discussed the challenges that the crisis is putting on the different health systems of Europe. (...)

EPSU European Health Conference

18-19 October 2011 7D, Vitan Barzesti Street, District 4, 042121 Bucharest
(EPSU Standing Committee HSS in the morning of 18 October 2011, 8:30-10:30)
Letter of invitation - EPSU Circular N° 45 (2011)
Participation form
Draft programme - revised version (as of 6 October 2011) (Updated document in EN, FR, DE, CZ, ES, IT, ROM, RU and SV)
Practical details for financial assistance, travel and accommodation, interpretation, directions to the hotel and gender (...)

35th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Services

18 October 2011: 08.30 - 10.30
RIN GRAND Hotel (room Berlin), 7D Vitan Barzesti St., Sector 4, Bucharest
meeting documents
You are invited to participate in the 35th meeting of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Services, which will be held on 18 October 2011 in Bucharest, followed by the EPSU European Health Conference (see http://www.epsu.org/a/7364).
The meeting will start at 8h30 and end at 10h30.
An area map is enclosed for information.
The draft agenda and the list of (...)

Europeanisation of health policies and systems: challenges for the health workers

European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) organises the biggest gathering in 2011 of health workers in Europe to discuss the effects of the crisis on health and Social Services workers in Bucharest on 18 and 19 October.
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) organises 8 million workers across the public sector. One of our core sectors is Health and Social Services. EPSU is the biggest organization of workers in Europe in the health sector. Over 100 health workers (...)

Three health workers injured in France : EPSU condemns disproportionate police intervention !

(Brussels 7 October) On October 6th three health workers have been injured during a demonstration in Lyon organized by the personnel of the non-profit health and social sector. Two of them are seriously injured. The convener of the CGT union of the Clinic of Saint-Etienne, the third injured, is critically ill in hospital.
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) expresses its support with these three workers. Together with other protesters they have been attacked with (...)

CGIL proposals for reform of health care professions in Italy ... and related EU-level processes

(Brussels, 6 July 2011) EPSU contributed to a conference organized by Funzione Pubblica CGIL on 10 June 2011 in Rome. The event served to discuss CGIL proposals on how to improve the competencies of health care workers and the quality of health services when revising the system of professional training and continued professional development for the health professions.
EPSU’s contribution focused on explaining the process, core issues and main challenges linked to the on-going revision of the (...)

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