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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.
Luca Scarpiello is the EPSU Policy Officer for the sector. The President of the EPSU Standing Committee for Health and Social Services is Maryvonne Nicolle of CFDT Santé-Sociaux, France and the Vice-Presidents are Dietmar Erdmeier of Ver.di (Germany), Kirsi Sillanpää of TEHY (Finland) and Razvan Gae of Sanitas (Romania). Please find here a picture of the HSS Presidential Team 2014-2018, here a picture of the HSS Presidential Team 2018-2019 elected in the SC HSS on 2 October 2018 and here a picture of the new HSS Presidential Team 2019-2024. You can also get their contact details here.
Find out who is your national EPSU representative for health and services below.
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Oct. 03, 2019
Решить проблему нехватки персонала в сфере ухода и обеспечить работникам по уходу уважение, более высокую оплату труда и лучшие условия, которых они заслуживают, говорит ЕФПОО работодателям
3 октября 2019 Сайт EPSU Люди в Европе хотят получать качественные услуги для молодежи, инвалидов, пожилых и всех, кто нуждается в уходе.
Jul. 31, 2019
Outsourced workers fight for pay parity
EPSU sent a solidarity message today to hundreds of health workers on strike in three hospitals in North West England. The workers – cleaners, porters, catering and security staff – are employed by the multinational Compass and want their pay and conditions to match those of the directly-employed National Health Service (NHS) workers whom they work alongside.
Jul. 10, 2019
Another step towards a European social dialogue in social services
The trade unions and employers in social services took another step towards setting up a European social dialogue in the sector. EPSU met with the Federation of Social Employers in the final conference of the PESSIS+ project on 27 June 2019 in Brussels.
Jun. 26, 2019
Ireland: EPSU solidarity with health workers' strike over job and pay regrading
Around 10000 health workers are on strike today over the government's failure to honour a job and pay regrading exercise. The strike, initially planned for last week, had been been suspended pending emergency talks.
Jun. 18, 2019
Drawing from Suus - livecartoons.nl, recorded at the EPSU-HOSPEEM Conference on prevention and reduction of MSD and PSRS@W - "A sound mind in a sound body - Taking care of those who take care of us Vilnius", 23 and 24 May 2018, Vilnius
EPSU advocates for sustainable investments in the occupational safety and health of public service workers
EPSU speaks at an EESC hearing on OSH and advocates for and highlights the benefits of sustainable investments in the occupational safety and health of public service workers.
May. 24, 2019
Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, DG EMPL, delivering her speech in the opening session of the 2019 Annual Convention on Inclusive Growth [Photo © European Commission 2019, https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1226&eventsId=1394&..., Flickr section]
Public investment in the social services workforce to deliver inclusive growth - EPSU at the 2019 Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth
EPSU speaks at the 2019 Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth Public and advocates for social dialogue in the field of social services and public investment in the social services workforce in order to deliver inclusive growth.