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. -
Joint statement in view of trialogue negotiations deciding on the EU rules to recognise professional qualifications
Brussels, 16 May 2013 EPSU co-signed a joint statement by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), the European Public Service Union (EPSU)
EPSU Report "Expansion and consolidation? Major trends and eligibility for European Works Councils" in health care
(Brussels, 18 February 2013) EPSU has published the report "Expansion and consolidation? Major trends and eligibility for European Works Councils" reviewing multinational companies involved in the healthcare sector in 2012
Recent developments in social dialogue, collective bargaining and industrial action in the Slovak health care system
(Brussels, 8 October 2012) The summary information contains and attached to this article highlights some aspects of recent developments in collective bargaining on pay and working conditions and industrial action
OSE/EPSU Report on emerging EU level instruments for soft health systems governance
(Brussels, 28 September 2012) EPSU has published the report "Emerging EU level instruments for soft health systems governance". It has been commissioned from Observatoire Social Européen (OSE) and was written
OSE/EPSU Report "Europeanization of national health systems - National impact and EU codification of the patient mobility case law"
(Brussels, 28 September 2012) EPSU has published the report "Europeanization of national health systems - National impact and EU codification of the patient mobility case law". It has been commissioned