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. -
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
EPSU publishes a new report on European healthcare services, multinational companies and a European healthcare market
(15 September 2010) The new report details how European legislation and multinational companies shape a European health care market. The major issues addressed are: - The draft Directive on Cross