Working Conditions in Hospitals in the European Union

Monitoring working conditions has been recognized as an important issue in Europe.

A better understanding of what is happening in the workplace, the problems encountered, the risks faced and changes taking place, is necessary for policy makers to set up priorities and action programmes, to identify gaps in legislation and to measure progress made.

This study report describes some social economic characteristics of the hospital sector, but it mainly presents a cross-national overview of the occupational health and safety situation in the sector.

It also contains policy options for further improvements, at hospital level and at sectoral and national level.