MEP warns of impending post-Covid mental health crisis

Maria Walsh wants dedicated mental health staff to be appointed to hospitals to support frontline workers who have worked in traumatic conditions throughout the pandemic

Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has called for specific mental health supports for healthcare workers. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Dedicated counsellors must be appointed to hospitals for staff amid warnings that we are facing a post-Covid mental health crisis.

MEP Maria Walsh has warned that "our next pandemic is our mental health one" and significant supports will be required for burned-out frontline workers.