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 Kirsi Sillanpää, 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 get their contact details here.
Find out who is your national EPSU representative for health and services below.
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EPSU- HOSPEEM code of conduct and follow up on Ethical Cross-Border Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital Sector
Adopted on 7 April 2008IntroductionHOSPEEM and EPSU recognize the inequalities and unnecessary burdens on healthcare systems, caused by unethical recruitment practices in the EU. The European social partners in the
On the World Health Day 2008: European Healthcare Employers and Workers sign code of conduct and follow up on Ethical Cross-Border Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital Sector
On the World Health Day 2008: European Healthcare Employers and Workers sign code of conduct and follow up on Ethical Cross-Border Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital SectorEuropean Hospital and
Green paper on EU health workforce: Commissioner Vassiliou calls for social partners' contribution
Press Communication: Brussels European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association (HOSPEEM) {{ {{{Green paper on EU health workforce: Commissioner Vassiliou
Report EPSU 8th Congress: Hospital Social Partners urge EU health ministers to let the national experts run their national healthcare systems
(9 June 2009, Brussels) “We cannot let market forces run healthcare systems or we will end up with a two-tier system of healthcare delivery” Godfrey Perera, General Secretary, European Hospital