Comet Survey Data

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