Asl Napoli 1, integrated home care at risk

Napoli – There is alarm on the front of integrated home care guaranteed by the SICuD service of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro: approximately 200 workers are at risk of losing their jobs following the expiration, set for July 17, of the current contract with the contracting cooperatives.

The trade unions FP CGIL, CISL FP and UIL FPL have raised the alarm, declaring a state of agitation and activating the conciliation procedures provided for by current legislation.

The SICuD service represents a fundamental support for the elderly, disabled and people with complex pathologies, offering medical, nursing, rehabilitation and support for autonomy directly in the users' homes.

However, with just under a month to go until the expiry of the contract, uncertainty still reigns over how the ASL intends to guarantee the continuity of the service and, above all, protect the workers currently employed.

Unions excluded from the debate

“The concern is very high – Marco D'Acunto (FP) denounces CGIL), Vincenzo Migliore (CISL FP) and Vincenzo Torino (UIL FPL) – not only for the fate of hundreds of operators, but also for the maintenance of an essential service for thousands of vulnerable citizens”.

The unions underline the total lack of dialogue with the contracting authority, which has never responded to requests for a meeting, not even to the last formal request of 23 March 2025.

Conciliation procedure and appeal to the Region

In light of the silence from the ASL, the trade unions have decided to activate the conciliation procedure provided for by art. 2 of Law 146/90, requesting the presence of the Campania Region at the cooling-off table.

An appeal already launched previously on other channels, in the hope that Palazzo Santa Lucia can intervene to avert an employment crisis and a possible collapse of home care in the city.

An essential service to be safeguarded

In a context where the territorial healthcare represents a strategic lever for the stability of the system, especially after the lessons of the pandemic, the risk of discontinuity in a service like SICuD appears unacceptable. The next few weeks will be decisive: workers are waiting for answers, citizens cannot afford an interruption of care.

Questions remain open about how the service will be reorganized after July 17. The hope is that the discussion will be started before it is too late, avoiding that home care becomes yet another victim of institutional silence.