Comet Survey Data

<p dir="ltr">The Covid-19 crisis has had a severe impact on the already strained mental health of healthcare</p><p dir="ltr">workers. Trade unions, workers and hospitals are in need of better understanding what measures and</p><p dir="ltr">initiatives can be effective to mitigate these effects, in order to avoid that future pandemics put hospitals</p><p dir="ltr">and their workers under similar pressure, and to address the more structural mental health problems in</p><p dir="ltr">the sector. The project COMET (COvid-19 crisis, MEntal health of healthcare workers and Trade union</p><p dir="ltr">actions) aims for an ambitious, exhaustive examination of the responses by unions, workers and</p><p dir="ltr">hospitals to the mental health impact of Covid-19 .</p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr">To that aim, the project conducted a survey among the health sector affiliates of the European Public</p><p dir="ltr">Service Union (EPSU) to provide an overview of the various responses by unions, workers and hospitals</p><p dir="ltr">aimed to prevent, soften or treat mental health problems emerging during and after the Covid-19 crisis.</p><p dir="ltr">This includes responses through collective bargaining, social dialogue and works councils or company</p><p dir="ltr">unions.</p><p><br></p>