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EDITORIAL
In this edition of the newsletter, you will find information about the recent HOSPEEM activities, news from our members as well as relevant EU News, events and publications for hospital employers. During the statutory meetings in May, the HOSPEEM Steering Committee and the Financial Advisory Committee were appointed for a 3-year mandate, and John Delamere, HSE, was elected as Vice-Secretary General.
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I am also pleased to announce that on the following day during the Sectoral Social Dialogue HOSPEEM and EPSU adopted the updated framework of actions on recruitment and retention, an important basis for social partners at European and national level to develop concrete action to tackle staff shortages and qualification needs now and in the future. This document has been updated after more than 10 years and now includes aspects related to e.g. COVID-19, digitalisation and increasing occupational health and safety issues.
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This newsletter has been conceived as an interactive tool to facilitate the flow of communication, therefore you are invited to send us your contributions for future issues.
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Secretary General of HOSPEEM
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HOSPEEM NEWS
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The new HOSPEEM Steering Committee is now composed of Marta Branca (Aran, IT), John Delamere (HSE, IE), Jevgenijs Kalejs (LHA, LT), Kate ling (NHS, UK) and Sylvie Slangen (Zorgnet-Icuro, BE).
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The revised text better reflects the changes Europe’s health services have undergone in recent years. The HOSPEEM-EPSU updated Framework of Actions on Recruitment and Retention (FoA R&R) was signed during the Sectoral Social Dialogue meeting in May 2022. The updated document includes aspects related to COVID-19, work-life balance, gender equality and digitalisation, focusing on the increasing Occupational Health and Safety issues which are important for health workers.
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During the webinar 6 on 13 June 2022 a brainstorming on the future of the guidelines took place.
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The Final Conference will take place on 25 November 2022 (Date TBC) in Madrid coinciding with the international day on the eradication of violence against women
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HOSPEEM will join the newly founded body that advises the new European Commission Service HERA that aims to improve “preparedness and response to serious cross-border threats in the area of medical countermeasures”. Marta Branca, Secretary General, will represent HOSPEEM at the Civil Society Advisory Forum.
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2021 has been a busy year ensuring that the views of hospital and healthcare employers are being heard at the highest level. The HOSPEEM Activity Report 2021 was published and presents the main activities carried out during the year 2021 as well as relevant information on the structure and membership of HOSPEEM.
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In May, NVZ (The Dutch Hospital Association) asked the House of Representatives in a letter to support acute care in 3 ways: invest in healthcare professionals, maintain basic emergency care close to the patient, organise the funding based on availability. The letter highlighted that the emergency chain is under pressure due to the increasing acute demand for care and the increasingly tight labor market. The hospitals are already working on training sufficient healthcare professionals with their partners enabling more cooperation between or even integration of various emergency care functions.
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In May, FEHAP (Fédération des Etablissements Hospitaliers & d’Aide à la Personne Privés Non Lucratifs) launched a podcast channel “la voix solidaire” giving a voice to health stakeholders and hospital professionnals within the FEHAP membership and beyond. Each episode is an opportunity to meet FEHAP guests, people in the hospital and healthcare field, committed, known or less known, who agreed, to share their vision, their analysis, their journey, the reasons for their commitment.
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EU NEWS
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HOSPEEM actively participated in the dedicated hearings in March and April, and joined 33 other sectoral social partners in expressing concerns about the current proposed changes to the sectoral social dialogue. The two communications are expected to be published in fall 2022.
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As part of the comprehensive approach to migration set out in the Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Commission is proposing legal, operational and policy initiatives to attract skills and talent to the EU.
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Member States with statutory minimum wages will be requested to put in place a procedural framework to set and update these minimum wages according to a set of clear criteria. Social Partners will have to be involved.
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The proposal would enable patients to allow practicioners to access their files when in another EU Member State.
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The one-year consultation has ended, resulting in a final report. Amongst the 48 final recommendations, citizens express a call to boost public and private investments in infrastructure and services such as health care.
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A consortium led by RPA is developing a Guidance document for the safe management of hazardous medicinal products at work (HMPs), under contract to the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL).
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ATTENDED EVENTS
04/05/2022: HOSPEEM spoke about the ESENER study on the health sector during an event organised by EU-OSHA entitled: "OSH management in the Human health and social work – what are European workplaces telling us?
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FUTURE EVENTS
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