Belgrade 9 / 10 October 2013 Recent trends in the sector of health - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Recent trends in the sector of health and social services in Europe – EU policy

Mathias Maucher Policy Officer “Health and Social Services” European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)

EPSU Regional Health Conference for Central Europe and Western Balkan Belgrade 9 / 10 October 2013 Main topics at EU-level - Activities of EPSU

EPSU HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES MAIN TOPICS/PRIORITIES/OUTCOMES

• EU legislation: working time; recognition of professional

qualifications; patients’ rights in trans-border provision of health care; public procurement, service concessions and PPP in HSS

• EU policies: social services (legislation, quality, employment

conditions, social dialogue); PHS; OSH; crisis/austerity; EEG

• European sectoral social dialogue in the hospital sector:

recruitment and retention; ageing workforce; (code of conduct

• n) ethical cross-border recruitment; prevention from sharps

injuries; prevention of third-party violence and harassment; recognition of professional qualifications; AP EU HW + JA HWP

• Projects: Europeanisation of health care; cross-border mobility

and migration of health workers; European Sector Councils on Employment and Skills for Nursing and the Care Workforce; social dialogue in the field of social services (PESSIS I + II)

• Publications: Care Services for Older People (2011); Report

EPSU European Health Conference (2012); Cross-border health worker mobility/migration & related TU initiatives (2012); Eligibility of MNE in HSS for EWC (2012 + 2013); SIP (2013)

HEALTH SERVICES: EU-LEVEL WORK: LEGISLATION, POLICY, PROJECTS

• EU-level legislation or policy and EU projects for health care:

LEGISLATION

• Directive on trans-border patients’ rights/health care (2011; October 2013)
• Working Time Directive (social partner negotiations suspended (end 2012)
• Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (EP vote

expected for October 2013) + Assessment of access conditions for regulated professions, including in health and social care (starting 2013)

• Revision of Directive on Public Procurement and Project for a Directive on

the Award of Service Concessions (EP vote expected for December 2013) PROJECTS

• Strengthening of Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector (2007-2008) [SD]
• Strengthening of Social Dialogue in the Baltic States (2010-2011) [SD]
• Prevention of third-party violence and harassment (2010-2011) [SD]
• Feasibility Study for a European Sector Councils on Employment and

Skills for Nursing and the Care Workforce (2012)

• Prevention from injuries with medical sharps (2012-2013) [SD]
• Health services and policy initiatives/projects by DG SANCO:
• European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (2011ff)
• EU Action Plan on Health Workforce & Joint Action on Workforce Planning
• Mapping Exercise “Education & Training Requirements for Health Care

Assistants” (2009ff; November 2013)

• Mapping Exercise “Innovative Practices Recruitment & Retention” (2014f)
• Mapping Exercise “Systems of Continued Professional Training” (2014f)

HEALTH SERVICES: EPSU WORK PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

• Contributions to consultations launched by the European Commission or to

reports of the European Parliament:

• Revision of Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (March 2011

and September 2011: http://www.epsu.org/a/7448 and http://www.epsu.org/a/7993)

• EU Policy Framework 2014-2020 on Health and Safety at the Workplace (August

2013: http://www.epsu.org/a/9117)

• EPSU position papers (2nd document jointly with HOSPEEM):
• Recognition of Professional Qualifications (May 2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/8744)
• Action Plan EU Health Workforce (September 2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/8994)
• Reports (2nd document coordinated with HOSPEEM):
• Gender pay gap in health & social care (February 2010: http://www.epsu.org/a/6271)

+ Full EPSU Gender Pay Gap Survey (March 2011: http://www.epsu.org/a/7416)

• Report on use and implementation EPSU-HOSPEEM Code of Conduct on ethical

cross-border recruitment (September 2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/8893)

• Migration of health and social care workers (September 2012; see below *)
• Europeanisation of national health systems / Emerging EU-level instruments

(September 2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/8993 / http://www.epsu.org/a/8998)

• Eligibility of multi-national enterprises for European Works Councils (EWC) in health

care (February 2013: http://www.epsu.org/a/9228)

• Projects (2nd and 3rd project jointly with HOSPEEM):
• Cross-border mobility/migration of health and social care workers (2011/2012:

http://www.epsu.org/a/8920) + Report (September 2012) *

• Prevention of third-party violence and harassment (http://www.epsu.org/r/655) +

Evaluation Report (forthcoming October 2013: http://www.epsu.org/a/9459)

• Prevention from injuries with medical sharps (http://www.epsu.org/r/629) + Final

Report (September 2013: http://www.epsu.org/a/9543)

SOCIAL SERVICES: EU-LEVEL WORK: LEGISLATION, POLICY, QUALITY

• EU-level legislative, policy and quality frameworks for SSGI:

LEGISLATION

• Revision of Directive on Public Procurement and Project for a Directive on

the Award of Service Concessions (EP vote expected for December 2013) POLICY

• 3th Forum on SSGI (October 2010, Brussels)
• EP Report on Social Services of General Interest (SSGI) (4 July 2011)
• Report on applicability and application of EU law on SSGI and its impact in

the MS/on the ground in the context of work of the SPC on social services at the interface of social protection and internal market (October 2013)

• Consultation on personal and household services (PHS) (May-July 2012)

QUALITY

• European Voluntary Quality Framework (EVQF) for SSGI (8 October 2010)
• Initiatives coordinated by CEN on EU-level standardisation of or technical

specifications for health and social services

• Social services and initiatives by DG SANCO:
• Mapping Exercise “Education & Training Requirements for Health Care

Assistants” (2009ff; November 2013)

• Health & Social Services and European Economic Governance:
• Country-Specific Recommendations (CSR) on elderly and child care to MS

(29 May 2013) [=> EPSU Working Document (April 2013) + Position Paper (August 2013) on Social Investment Package, http://www.epsu.org/a/9537]

SOCIAL SERVICES: EPSU WORK PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

• Contributions to consultations launched by the European Commission or to

reports of the European Parliament:

• European Innovation Partnership “Active and Healthy Ageing” (January 2012:

http://www.epsu.org/a/7304)

• Personal and household services (July 2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/8908)
• EPSU position papers:
• Social services of general interest (SSGI) in the EU context: Reflections, requests

and recommendations (March 2011: http://www.epsu.org/a/7452)

• Reports:
• Gender pay gap in health & social care (February 2010: http://www.epsu.org/a/6271)

+ Full EPSU Gender Pay Gap Survey (March 2011: http://www.epsu.org/a/7416)

• Care Services for Older People (February 2011: http://www.epsu.org/a/7431)
• Eligibility of multi-national enterprises for European Works Councils (EWC) in social

care (September 2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/8992)

• Migration of health and social care workers (September 2012; see below *)
• Child care services (2009/2010) – NOT PUBLISHED
• Projects:
• Cross-border mobility/migration of health and social care workers (2011/2012:

http://www.epsu.org/a/8920) + Report (September 2012) *

• Health and social care in A, CZ, D, PL and SK and European border regions

(2011/2012: http://sat.verdi.de/eu-projekt_wem_gehoert_europa)

• Promoting employers’ social services organisations in social dialogue (PESSIS)

(2012: http://www.epsu.org/a/9070)

• If project proposal will be retained by DG EMPL: PESSIS II (2013/2014)

Thank you for your attention! Further reading on EPSU Sector “Health and Social Services” and topics/projects/publications can be accessed on EPSU’s webpage

Sector “Health and Social Services”: www.epsu.org/r/2/ Key documents “EPSU Health and Social Services”: www.epsu.org/r/353/ Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee “Hospital Sector”: www.epsu.org/r/20/ Social services (with a focus on: LTC; CC; PwD): www.epsu.org/r/218/ Projects: www.epsu.org/r/610 epsucob@NEWS / Collective Bargaining Newsletter: www.epsu.org/r/121 Collective Bargaining News „Health and Social Services“: www.epsu.org/r/516

Contact: Mathias Maucher, Policy Officer “Health and Social Services”, European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU): mmaucher@epsu.org