Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 (No. 149) - Italy (Ratification: 1985)

The Committee takes note of the Government's first report. It requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the status of the nursing personnel of health institutions that do not come under collective agreements, institutions that have not obtained or requested classification as per Act No. 132 of 12 February 1968 concerning hospital establishments and hospital care, or mutual benefit society health institutions.

Article 1, paragraph 3. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the agreements which, within the framework of the health programme and national legislation, govern the relationship between the local health units and the associations of volunteers freely established to assist the National Health Service.

Article 2, paragraph 2(b). The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or contemplated concerning employment and working conditions, particularly in respect of career prospects and remuneration likely to attract persons to the profession and retain them in it.

Article 2, paragraph 3. The Committee notes that, by virtue of section 8 of Act No. 833 of 23 December 1978 to establish the National Health Council, the Council shall include amongst its members ten health experts appointed by the National Council for the Economy and Labour. The Committee requests the Government to provide particulars of the procedures for appointing these representatives and to indicate the number of representatives of the employers' and workers' organisations concerned who participate in the above Council.

Article 3, paragraph 1. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the text of the Decree of 15 February 1972 to modify the curricula of schools for nurses and auxiliary nurses, if it is still applied. If this text is no longer applied, please indicate the provisions that apply to the training of auxiliary nurses.

Article 5, paragraph 1. The Committee notes that section 2, subsection 2, of the Decree of 13 September 1988 to issue the hospital staff rules, provides for various working groups to be set up in each hospital with a view to promoting the quality of health care. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the procedures governing the participation of nursing personnel in the working groups established in hospitals.

Article 7. The Committee notes from the Government's report that the general provisions of the legislation governing health and work apply to nursing personnel. It requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or under consideration to adapt these measures on health and safety, which apply to all workers, to the special nature of nursing work.

The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on agreements concerning nursing personnel.