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in the European Hospital Sector

On the 20th of September 2006 EPSU and HOSPEEM (the European Hospital and Healthcare employers’ association) launched the Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector. The Committee has adopted in its first years a joint declaration on health services and a Code of Conduct on Ethical Cross-border Recruitment and Retention.

It also successively concluded a project on Social Dialogue in the new EU-Member States. On the 23rd of June 2008 the Committee adopted their second Joint Work Programme. This Work Programme 2008-2010 is centred on 5 main themes:

- Retention
- Strengthening Social Dialogue Structures
- The Ageing workforce
- Third-Party violence
- New skill Needs


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Report EPSU 8th Congress: European Hospital Social Partners announce EU-wide agreement on Medical Sharps injuries

Press Communication
First EU wide text agreed by Hospital trade unions and employers set to prevent over one million injuries per year.
(9 June 2009, Brussels). The European Hospital Social Partners - The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) represented by the President of EPSU health Committee, Karen Jennings and the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM) represented by General Secretary, Godfrey Perera have announced, before 600 trade union leaders (...)

Report EPSU 8th Congress: Hospital Social Partners urge EU health ministers to let the national experts run their national healthcare systems

(9 June 2009, Brussels) “We cannot let market forces run healthcare systems or we will end up with a two-tier system of healthcare delivery” Godfrey Perera, General Secretary, European Hospital and Healthcare Employers association (HOSPEEM).
The Hospital sector employers and trade unions in Europe today joined forces to send a message to EU Health Ministers. The Social Partners for the sector were speaking on the draft EU directive on cross-border healthcare which is being discussed by EU (...)

Meeting Working Group “Retention”

7 May 2009: the meeting is cancelled

Meeting Working Group “New Skill Needs”

20 May 2009: the meeting is cancelled

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Hospital Sector Plenary meeting

4 December 2008

Meeting Working Group “New Skill Needs”, 27 October 2008

Future skill needs in health care, 22-23 May 2008, Thessaloniki

Meeting Working Group “Recruitment & Retention”

Hospital Sector - Social Dialogue
Meeting Working Group “Recruitment & Retention”
11 September 2008, Brussels
Borschette Centre, rue de Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels
We have the pleasure to invite you to the meeting of the Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector. The meeting will take place on 11 September 2008 in Brussels.
We would like to specify that for this meeting, only the titular members of the Social Dialogue working group on Recrutment & Retention are invited. If the titular (...)

Green paper on EU health workforce: Commissioner Vassiliou calls for social partners’ contribution

Press Communication: Brussels

European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association (HOSPEEM)

(16 July 2008, Brussels). On Monday 14 July a joint Hospital Social Partner delegation met Commissioner Vassiliou.

Commissioner Vassiliou explained the rationale for promoting the Cross-border Healthcare Directive. She underlined in particular the need for better collaboration between the Member States as well as the establishment of (...)

Work programme of the European Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector

Work programme of the European Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector 2008-2010
(FR/DE/ES/SV)
(23 June 2008) EPSU and HOSPEEM agreed in the Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector on 7 December 2007 to continue their work and their joint partnership approach as developed during the period of their first work programme in 2006-2007. This work will serve as basis for further activities in the Hospital Sector Social Dialogue as presented in this work programme. The work programme (...)

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