Fórsa’s Health & Welfare Division is surveying members to elicit their views on workplace mental health issues, and how they are handled by management and the union. You can access the survey here. The results of the survey will be unveiled at next month’s Fórsa health and welfare conference, which is being themed around the issue of mental health.

Your answers to the nine simple questions in the survey will inform union policies and campaigns for healthy workplaces and improved attitudes towards mental health issues.

Fórsa health leader Éamonn Donnelly said the union represented over 30,000 health and welfare staff. “Many of them deliver mental health services to the public. All of them encounter the challenges of mental illness in the workplace. That’s why we’re making this a central theme of the conference this year,” he said.

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.

“There’s nothing unusual about experiencing or encountering mental health problems at work or elsewhere, and it’s important to know that help is available,” said Éamonn.

You can complete the short survey here.