Health and Social Services
Health and Social Services (HSS) is a large and diverse sector that encompasses a wide range of services including hospitals, child care, community health services, social work and care homes for older and disabled people. EPSU represents health and social services workers across Europe, including nurses, health care assistants, midwives, doctors, elderly and child care workers, social workers, laboratory staff, hospital cleaners and medical secretaries. 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. The President of the EPSU Standing Committee for Health and Social Services is Kirsi Sillanpää, 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 get their contact details here.
Find out who is your national EPSU representative for health and services below.
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EPSU-HOSPEEM Guidelines & Good Practice Examples "Ageing Workforce Healthcare Sector" Signed
(Brussels, 11 December 2013)On 11 December 2013, at the Plenary Meeting 2013 of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector, Tjitte Alkema, Secretary General of HOSPEEM, and Liza
Addressing the Challenges of an Ageing Workforce in Health and Social Care: Social Partner Documents & Research
Addressing the Challenges of an Ageing Workforce in Health and Social Care: Studies, Presentations, Social Partner Documents 1) EPSU & HOSPEEM Activities 2006-2013 + EPSU Position Paper 2012 - [{{EPSU-HOSPEEM
EPSU-HOSPEEM Guidelines & Good Practice Examples "Ageing Workforce Healthcare Sector"
EPSU-HOSPEEM Guidelines & Good Practice Examples "Ageing Workforce Healthcare Sector" The document was elaborated based on a mandate agreed by EPSU and HOSPEEM in December 2011 in the framework of
Financial & Economic Crisis and Austerity Measures - Impacts on Health Care Systems, the Health Workforce and Patients
(Brussels, 25 November 2013) The paper describes the impact of the financial and economic crisis, as well as austerity measures on the health care systems, the health workforce and patients
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Hospital Sector, Working Group
23 October 2013, Brussels Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector - Working Group 3/2013 Centre Borschette, 36 rue Froissart, 1040 Brussels Participation form and practical details: - Participation
39th meeting of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Services
15 October 2013, Luxembourg INTERPRETATION Interpretation has been confirmed by the EC Services for English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Swedish (active) and Dutch, Greek and Italian (passive). {{PRACTICAL DETAILS