The European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM) was formed in 2005 in order to represent the interests of European Hospital and Healthcare Employers on workforce and industrial relations issues.
HOSPEEM was created by the members of the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP) who felt that there was a need for a separate, distinct voice on health workforce issues at European level.

HOSPEEM has members across the European Union both in the state or regionally controlled hospital sector and in the private health sector. HOSPEEM members are health employer organisations with the powers to negotiate on pay and on terms and conditions of service with their respective Trade Union partners. HOSPEEM members are also concerned with ensuring good employment practice for healthcare staff.
Since July 2006 HOSPEEM has been officially recognised by the European Commission as a European Social Partner in the Hospital Sector Social Dialogue alongside the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU).
Through the European Sectoral Social dialogue, the association will try to ensure that employers’ views are properly taken into account by EU institutions when launching policies that have a direct impact on management and labour relations in the hospital and health care sector at European and national level.
The goals of the Association are:
To establish, with its social partners, a European autonomous frame in order to develop management and labour relations in the hospital and health care sector delivering Services of General Interest, which deserves a specific approach because of the nature of activities carried out.
To act as the principal source of advice on social policies, including employment and industrial relations vis-à-vis the European Institutions