Unio Catalana dHospitals

Catalan Hospital, Health & Social Services Association is a membership association of health and social care services providers (hospitals, primary care organizations, providers of long-term care, mental healthcare, and social services for dependent people), integrating mostly the providers of the public Catalan healthcare system, but also private healthcare providers. It was created in 1975 as a providers association, to defend the interests of its members, and to promote a better healthcare and social model to benefit the Catalan society. Its key strategic areas are the defense of its members legitimate interests, and the strengthening of the Catalan healthcare and social model. As an association of healthcare and social services providers, La Unio has several functions, such as collective bargaining, promoting networking, sharing learning and benchmarking between members to improve the quality of health services delivery. It has also an advocacy and lobbying function, exertin...