Growing awareness of healthcare workers’ mental health in EU

Euractiv | Sep 23, 2022 at 6:05 PM
  • As possible shortages of workers threaten European health and care systems, policy debates now turn towards improving the sector’s working conditions with particular attention to mental health.
  • The European care strategy, announced in the 2021 State of the European Union (SOTEU) address by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and eventually delivered on 7 September, is a step in the right direction.
  • Danko Relić, a Croatian member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and a co-rapporteur for the opinion on the Healthcare Workforce, addressed the healthcare staff’s working conditions.