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 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 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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Sep. 24, 2021

2021 - 24 September

TPV Project - Webinar N°2: Gender-based violence and harassment

Jul. 22, 2021

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia

EPSU has written to Commissioner Dombrovskis and Kyriakides to express concern about the impact of the COVID pandemic on Tunisia.

Jul. 19, 2021

Grey gold — The billion Euro business of elder care

New research supports EPSU's concerns about privatisation of the care sector

The COVID 19 pandemic made visible the deficiencies in the care sector that EPSU affiliates have been protesting against for years.

Jul. 14, 2021

Penny Clarke, EPSU, speaking at EU debate on long-term care and pension, July 2021

EU debate on long-term care and pension adequacy reports

On 12-13 July the European Commission organised a conference to debate the findings of two major reports on Long-Term Care and Pension Adequacy in an Ageing Society.

Jul. 13, 2021

Third Party violence and harassment project social partners

The role of social partners in preventing third-party violence and harassment

EPSU/ HOSPEEM/ CEMR/ CESI/ EUPAE/ ETUCE/ ETF/ UITP/ ETNO EC-funded project, Report of webinar 1: Setting the scene

Jun. 30, 2021

EPSU and others renew call on Commission for waiver

EPSU supports joint letter calling on the European Commission and EU Member States to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines with a temporary waiver of the TRIPS Agreement.

Jun. 30, 2021

Stop Cancer at Work Campaign calls on European Commission to approve legislation now to protect workers and patients from getting cancer

The trilogue process with the European Council, Parliament and Commission under the Portuguese Presidency concludes today

Jun. 25, 2021

European and national sectoral social partners calling for the need to strengthen involvement of social partners to boost the recovery of the pandemic

The involvement of sectoral social partners in European Semester is crucial to bridge the currently existing democratic and social gap.

Jun. 16, 2021

Council Conclusions on Long Term Care and COVID19 echo EPSU concerns

On the 14 June 2021, the Council of the EU (EPSCO) endorsed a new report on Long Term Care (LTC) which was prepared by the European Commission (DG Employment) and the Social Protection Committee. The report was published during the COVID-19 pandemic which exacerbated the existing problems relating to the provision of quality care in Member States.