Brussels, 1st December
Mr Peep Peterson
Minister of Health
Estonia
Dear Mr Peep Peterson,
Joint statement: Time to care about care
The undersigned call on Ministers present in the December 2022 EPSCO Council to swiftly
and fully adopt and support the implementation of the European Care Strategy as proposed by
the European Commission on 7 September.
We, representing patients, carers and health professionals from the area of mental health,
warmly welcome the Commission’s intention to ensure high-quality, affordable and
accessible care services with better working conditions and work-life balance for carers,
including informal carers, across the EU.
We agree that affordable and accessible care services of high quality offer clear benefits for
people of all ages. However, for many people – including those that live with mental ill health
and their families and loved ones – this is by no means yet the case.
We therefore welcome the Commission’s recommendation for Member States to draw
up national action plans to make care more available, accessible and of better quality for all
across the EU by:
• Ensuring that long-term care is timely, comprehensive and affordable, allowing a
decent standard of living for all people with long-term care needs;
• Increasing the offer and mix of professional long-term care services;
• Ensuring high-quality criteria and standards for long-term care providers;
• Supporting informal carers, through training, counselling, psychological and financial
support;
• Mobilising adequate and sustainable funding for long-term care, including by using
EU funds; and
• Ensuring fair working conditions and training for care staff.
This Care Strategy has the potential to give care – both professional and informal – the
recognition, respect and investment it deserves.
Thank you for your attention and support.
Péter Kéri, President Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe (GAMIAN-
Europe)
Christoph Steinebach, President European Federation of Psychologists' Associations
(EFPA)
Peter Falkai, President European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
John Saunders, Executive Directive European Federation of Associations of Families of People With
Mental Illness (EUFAMI)
Fred Destrébecq, Executive Directive European Brain Council (EBC)
Claudi Bockting, President European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
(EACLIPT)
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Mr Peep Peterson
Minister of Health Estonial
Dear Mr Peep Peterson,
Joint statement: Time to care about care
The undersigned call on Ministers present in the December 2022 EPSCO
Council to swiftly and fully adopt and support the implementation of the
European Care Strategy as proposed by the European Commission on 7
September.
We, representing patients, carers and health professionals from the area
of mental health, warmly welcome the Commissions intention to ensure
high-quality, affordable and accessible care services with better working
conditions and work-life balance for carers, including informal carers,
across the EU.
We agree that affordable and accessible care services of high quality
offer clear benefits for people of all ages. However, for many people
including those that live with mental ill health and their families and
loved ones this is by no means yet the case.
We therefore welcome the Commissions recommendation for Member States to
draw up national action plans to make care more available, accessible and
of better quality for all across the EU by:
* Ensuring that long-term care is timely, comprehensive and affordable,
allowing a decent standard of living for all people with long-term care
needs;
* Increasing the offer and mix of professional long-term care services;
* Ensuring high-quality criteria and standards for long-term care
providers;
* Supporting informal carers, through training, counselling,
psychological and financial support;
* Mobilising adequate and sustainable funding for long-term care,
including by using EU funds; and
* Ensuring fair working conditions and training for care staff.
This Care Strategy has the potential to give care both professional and
informal the recognition, respect and investment it deserves.
Thank you for your attention and support.
Péter Kéri, President Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy
Networks-Europe (GAMIAN-Europe)
Christoph Steinebach, President
Peter Falkai, President European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
John Saunders, Executive Directive European Federation of Associations of
Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI)
Fred Destrébecq, Executive Directive European Brain Council (EBC)
Claudi Bockting, President European Association of Clinical Psychology
and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPT)