Local and Regional Government, Health and Social Services

Global Health Day 2021 Statement: On the 7th of April, we celebrate Global Health. The COVID-19 pandemic has showed us how vital health and care services are to our lives and our societies.

The EU health union is a priority to ensure there is a better and more coordinated response to cross-border health threats and pandemics.

(PRESS RELEASE - 29 March 2021) Inclusion of hazardous drugs in EU legislation, supported by the European Parliament, majority of Member States and consensus of stakeholders and responses to independent report published by the European Commission.

EPSU together with the NGOs Age Platform and the European Disability Forum organized an event to call on the European Parliament to investigate the shortcomings and mistakes made that led to the tragic spike of deaths in care homes across Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Press Release - 26 March 2021) The European Parliament voted yesterday late afternoon to support the Stop Cancer at Work campaign’s demands.

Violence at work, gender inequality and the treatment of migrants regularly grab headlines.

Last week EPSU and HOSPEEM sent a letter to Commissioner Schmit about the European Commssion study on the protection of workers from exposure to hazardous medicinal products (HMP), including cytotoxic substances.

This #WorldHealthDay, join us in demanding vaccine access for all health and care workers, so that they can continue to save lives!

On the agenda of the LRG/HSS Social Services Working Group was the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, research into privatization of social services, social dialogue in social services and the workplan of the WG.

On the 11 March 2021 members of the EPSU Standing Committee on Health and Social Services met for the first time this year to discuss the situation in the sector at the national and the EU level.

One year ago today, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

A new report reveals that at least 4100 health and social care workers have died from COVID19 in Europe.

EPSU affiliate ver.di has just negotiated a brand new collective agreement that covers around 70000 workers in eldercare for the first time.

EPSU welcomes the European Commission’s initiative but more attention should be given to supporting health professionals in their efforts to tackle cancer, to protecting workers from work-related cancer and to ensuring equal access to health care systems.

(Press release - 4 February) Today the WTO TRIPS Council is set to discuss patent protections in place for COVID-19 related vaccines and medical supplies.