Motion no: 46
Congress asserts that public sector austerity, cuts to pay and pensions and attacks on conditions of service have created a crisis in mental health and wellbeing that is damaging lives and undermining the ability of public services to meet the needs of the general public. Congress welcomes the ground-breaking research by the NASUWT over the last ve years in tracking the declining well-being of teachers, and in providing teachers with tools to monitor and review well-being at work. Congress notes with concern that as a result of rising job insecurity, increasing demands and accountability pressures, workload is the highest-rated issue affecting teachers, and that work-related stress, mental health and well- being are directly and damagingly impacted by the pursuit of policies and procedures that are antithetical to health at work. Congress calls on the Executive Council to campaign vigorously for increased support for all workers in relation to mental health and well- being, including access to effective occupational health services that are genuinely supportive.
