Human resources for health during Covid-19 : supporting and protecting health workers.
by Williams, Gemma A; Scarpetti, Giada; Langins, Magrieta; Callies, Ingrid; Fourcade, Alexandra; van Ginneken, Ewout; Maier, Claudia B.
Publisher: 2022.ISSN: 13561030.Summary: Health workers have worked long hours in highly stressful environments during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had enormous implications for their physical and mental health. European Union Member States have put in place a wide range of measures during this uniquely challenging period to protect and support health workers and to help guide professionals facing difficult ethical decision-making in patient care. In the future, the recovery of health systems will be dependent on ensuring continued support for health workers to reduce absenteeism, turnover and early retirement. This will require continued mental health support, along with wider reforms to improve working conditions and working lives. [Summary].Journal Title: Eurohealth.Year: 2022.Volume: 28.Number: (1).Pagination: 24-28.Subject(s): European Union | health systems | service delivery | workforce | wellbeing | conditions of employment | staff retention | human resources management | skill mix | Covid-19 | pandemicsDigital copyAvailability: Online access | Online access | Online access Note: ; Special issue of Eurohealth exploring the themes of resilience, solidarity and European cooperation and how they have shaped and enhanced pandemic responses; Eurohealth. List(s) this item appears in: Covid-19: health and social care recovery in England [January 2023]
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Health workers have worked long hours in highly stressful environments during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had enormous implications for their physical and mental health. European Union Member States have put in place a wide range of measures during this uniquely challenging period to protect and support health workers and to help guide professionals facing difficult ethical decision-making in patient care. In the future, the recovery of health systems will be dependent on ensuring continued support for health workers to reduce absenteeism, turnover and early retirement. This will require continued mental health support, along with wider reforms to improve working conditions and working lives. [Summary]
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