Health and Social Services, Social Services
Health and Social Services (HSS) is a large and diverse sector that encompasses a wide range of services.
The Social Services aspect includes activities which are mainly to do with Long Term Care (LTC), Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), community health services, care homes for older and disabled people and social work. In addition, we work in establishing and providing support for European Works Councils in private, not for profit and public care homes. EPSU Social Services Sector represents care workers across Europe, including health care assistants, workers in all types of care homes, child care workers and social workers . We organise in public, non-for-profit and private services.
EPSU is the recognised European social partner organisation for workers in the hospital and health care sector throughout the European Union.
Adam Rogalewski is the EPSU Policy Officer for the sector and Samantha Howe is the Policy Assistant for Social Services. The President of the EPSU Standing Committee for Health and Social Services is Kirsi Sillanpää of TEHY (Finland) and the Vice-Presidents are Yolanda Gil of CC.OO (Spain), Dietmar Erdmeier of Ver.di (Germany), and Razvan Gae of Sanitas (Romania). You can also get their contact details here. -
Proposal for a Directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare – Social partners' reaction to second reading in the ENVI Committee (on 27 October 2010)
Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed a set of joint EPSU – HOSPEEM comments as contribution to the ongoing trialogue discussions. We think that this joint social partner contribution can be
EPSU response to consultation on Green Paper on the Modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive
(Brussels 20 September 2011) EPSU today submitted a contribution to the public consultation on the Green Paper on the Modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive - COM(2011) 367 final -
ETUC/EPSU/ETUCE/Eurocadres letter and amendments to EC proposal to revise Directive 2005/36/EC
(Brussels, 15 June 2012) The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), supported by the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), EPSU, Eurocadres and the European Council of the Liberal Professions
ETUC/EPSU/ETUCE/Eurocadres letter and amendments to EP report on EC proposal to revise Directive 2005/36/EC
(Brussels, 18 September 2012) Following up to a [joint initiative and letter of June 2012->art8821], the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) in cooperation with the European Trade Union Committee for
OSE/EPSU Report "Europeanization of national health systems - National impact and EU codification of the patient mobility case law"
(Brussels, 28 September 2012) EPSU has published the report "Europeanization of national health systems - National impact and EU codification of the patient mobility case law". It has been commissioned
OSE/EPSU Report on emerging EU level instruments for soft health systems governance
(Brussels, 28 September 2012) EPSU has published the report "Emerging EU level instruments for soft health systems governance". It has been commissioned from Observatoire Social Européen (OSE) and was written