No suitable OSS staff are being absorbed in the stabilization rankings : this is what emerges from the new three-year requirements approved in recent days by several Sardinian health authorities.
"The Duilio Casula Hospital (Cagliari AOU) adopted resolution no. 267 of July 30, 2025; the Oristano Local Health Authority (ASL) adopted resolution no. 97 of the same day; and the Medio Campidano Local Health Authority (ASL) adopted resolution no. 251 of July 31. However, none of the documents contain any plan to hire the healthcare workers included in the stabilization lists on a permanent basis, despite their having worked on the front lines during emergencies and while the departments continue to suffer from staff shortages," reads the press release issued by the Deprecarized Zone Committee.
The healthcare workers excluded from the regional plans recall "having guaranteed grueling shifts during the pandemic and during the most critical phases for the public healthcare system, contributing to the maintenance of services. This isn't just a matter of employment, but of continuity of care, professional dignity, and quality of care."
Currently, they emphasize, staffing shortages are being addressed through job placements and fixed-term contracts. This measure is described as "precarious and dysfunctional" by industry insiders, who also report hours-long waits for ambulances outside emergency rooms before patients can be admitted.
Also under fire is the decision by the regional councilor for labor, Manca, to allocate European funds originally earmarked for the archaeological sector to the creation of construction sites for OSS. The workers say the decision was made "without consulting the sector and ignoring requests to review existing rankings, which have specific deadlines."
The fear is that a "parallel channel" of access to employment will be created, based on welfare logic and lacking stability, which will exclude those with direct experience in the departments.
"This institutionalizes precarious employment and compromises the quality of care," the operators denounce.
