Main activities and outcomes of Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Hospital Sector 2013

Brussels, 14 February 2014

a) Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital and Healthcare Sector: Main activities and outcomes in 2013

On p. 1 the document informs about the main activities and outcomes of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital/Health Care Sector in 2013. On p. 2 it also comprises a short description of HOSPEEM and EPSU.

b) Main results

1) Joint EPSU-HOSPEEM guidelines and examples of good practice to address the challenges of an ageing workforce in the healthcare sector

- Guidelines - in EN, FR, DE and ES (SV to be added until end of 2014)

- Press Release

- EPSU Position Paper (31 May 2012)

- Thematic Page: Addressing the Challenges of an Ageing Workforce in Health and Social Care: Studies, Presentations, Social Partner Documents

- For more information click here.

2) Final report of joint EPSU-HOSPEEM project to monitor and promote the implementation of Directive 2010/32/EU on the prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and health care sector

- Final report - in EN, FR, DE, ES and PL

- Joint HOSPEEM-EPSU Press Release

- Success story from the EU sectoral social dialogue: EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector: “From needle-sticks to sharps. The added value”. Interview with Carola Fischbach-Pyttel, General Secretary of EPSU and Tjitte Alkema, Secretary General of HOSPEEM

- EN (original)

- DE

N.B.: Taken from website of ver.di that kindly translated the interview to be used for ver.di's campaign for the European Parliament elections 2014.

- For more information click [here->rub629].

3) Report on the use of the multi-sectoral guidelines to tackle work-related third-party violence

- Report by EPSU, UNI EUROPA, ETUCE, HOSPEEM, CEMR, EFEE, EUROCOMMERCE and COESS on the use and implementation of the multi-sectoral guidelines aimed to tackle third-party violence and harassment at work, including a set of recommendations that could be jointly agreed {- in EN}

- For more information on the project please click here.

4) Joint HOSPEEM-EPSU Statement on the new EU occupational safety and health policy framework

- Joint HOSPEEM-EPSU Statement on the new EU occupational safety and health policy framework - in EN, FR and DE

- For more information click here.

- Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital and Healthcare Sector: Main activities and outcomes in 2012