How do psychosocial risks impact health and social care sector workers? Key lessons learnt and policy pointers

This policy brief details key lessons learned from a broad study on common psychosocial risk (PSR) factors affecting workers in the EU’s health and social care sector. These PSRs can lead to negative mental health outcomes and high staff turnover.

Policy pointers are related to, among other things, risk assessment, creating support networks, involving workers in PSR management, providing training and making use of available funding. Policymakers and stakeholders can use these pointers to improve occupational safety and health in the sector as well as overall service quality.