‘Unless policies are put in place, increased home working and pressures placed on staff are liable to act as detonators of mental health problems for those delivering vital public services’
Mental health matters
Christina McAnea says high vacancy rates have increased impact of Covid

Eileen Best, of UNISON’s national LGBT+ committee, talks of the pandemic’s massive impact on mental wellbeing
Employers urged to ‘take real action’ to support staff

It’s world mental health day this Tuesday (10 October) so to mark the occasion we’re looking at some data that shows what’s happening to mental health service users
New UNISON survey of staff working in mental health services

We should all be mental health champions, delegates hear as they call for expansion of programme started by Cymru/Wales

Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they provide

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, UNISON members share their experiences of the UK’s struggling mental health services

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, UNISON members share their experiences of the UK’s struggling mental health services

Laney Walsh is working tirelessly to combat the stigma around mental health