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. -
EPSU contribution to European Innovation Platform "Active and Healthy Ageing"
(Brussels 9 February 2011) EPSU (the European Federation of Public Services Unions) contributed to the European Commission consultation on the European Innovation Platform "Active and Healthy Ageing". EPSU´s reply was
Draft Directive on patient's rights in cross-border health care – hope for reasonable compromise
Press release (Brussels, 18 January 2011) The European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU), that organises workers amongst others in the health sector, ahead of the vote in the European
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
EU policy on social services of general interest (SSGI): Towards a "voluntary quality framework for social services"?
EPSU background paper - October 2010 (1) Introduction 1. The European Commission in its Communication on the 2010 report on social protection and social inclusion recognizes the importance of social
EU quality framework on social services - top priority should go to developing action plan(s) on "more and better" care services for older people
Press Communication, 28 October 2010 (28 October 2010, Luxemburg) Yesterday a joint workshop organised by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) discussed a draft report on elder care