- 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.
Growing awareness of healthcare workers’ mental health in EU

