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1204430

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the need for the provision of increased mental health support to (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other NHS staff (i) during and (ii) after the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	59894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, we recognised there would be a need for additional mental health support for all National Health Service staff. We commissioned NHS England to develop a comprehensive emotional, psychological and practical support package for all NHS staff in addition to existing support that is already available.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement launched the support package on 8 April 2020 and it includes a helpline and text service for counselling and support, a dedicated bereavement helpline, and a range of well-being apps. All the support available can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://people.nhs.uk/help/" target="_blank">people.nhs.uk/help/</a></p><p>The NHS is continuing to update the support available in this package, in line with the feedback they receive.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/06/2020 10:17:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 31046 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1204502

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle the effect of NHS staffing shortages on the mental health of (a) student nurses and (b) NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	59896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department continues to monitor overall staffing levels across the National Health Service (NHS), and we are working across Government to ensure there are sufficient staff to provide a high-quality service. We have committed to deliver 50,000 more nurses in the National Health Service This will help support the 1.4 million people who make up the NHS workforce and address the longstanding NHS nursing shortages that were identified in the Interim NHS People Plan. Over the last year the number of full-time equivalent nurses has gone from 282,422 to 294,553 – an increase of 12,131 nurses.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement launched an emotional, psychological and practical support package for all NHS staff on 8 April 2020, accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://people.nhs.uk/help/" target="_blank">people.nhs.uk/help/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2020 13:38:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 31048 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1126621

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support are NHS trusts required to make available to staff employed on neonatal intensive care units.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	254230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts are responsible for ensuring that appropriate mental health support and provision is in place for all of their staff, including those on neonatal intensive care units. Mental health support services provided by trusts could include access to occupational health services, employee assistance programmes, confidential counselling helplines, processes for open sharing of experiences, crisis and trauma response provision and team and peer support structures.</p><p>The Department is supporting them in this through the NHS staff health and wellbeing framework and NHS Improvement’s NHS staff health and wellbeing collaborative. Both incorporate the mental health standards in ‘Thriving at Work – a review of mental health and employers’ produced by Mind.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/05/2019 11:11:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1202360

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have sought mental health support through the NHS staff mental health hotline since its launch in April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	57908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service staff support helpline was launched on 8 April 2020 and provides confidential listening, signposting, and support. It is operated by Samaritans from 7am – 11pm, seven days a week.</p><p>From 8 April 2020 until 12 June 2020 there have been 3,120 calls to the helpline. This information was collected by Samaritans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/07/2020 11:42:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1202361

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assess the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the mental health of NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	57909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff very seriously. At the beginning of the COVID-19 response, the Department commissioned NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop a comprehensive package of emotional, psychological, and practical support for all NHS staff. NHS England and NHS Improvement launched the support package on 8 April 2020 which can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://people.nhs.uk/help/" target="_blank">people.nhs.uk/help/</a></p><p>Development of the support package has been informed by both the experiences of NHS staff contacting the national telephone and text service, as well as expert advice and research into mental health needs following major incidents. The support package will continue to be updated by listening to feedback from NHS staff who use the services, including how COVID-19 response has affected them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/06/2020 13:17:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1304282

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what programmes are in place to provide mental health support for NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	172015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have developed a comprehensive package of mental health support for National Health Service staff, including virtual staff common rooms for mutual support, free access to a range of well-being apps and a helpline and text service for counselling and support. Last autumn, £30 million was invested to strengthen mental health and occupational health support. This funding is being used to set up mental health hubs that will provide outreach and assessment services to help staff receive rapid access to mental health services. Staff referred will be treated by local mental health specialists and those with severe needs will be referred to a specialist centre.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/03/2021 15:57:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1222448

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of NHS workers in North Wales during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
	uin	71922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter so this would be a matter for the Welsh government.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/08/2020 15:14:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1192943

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of NHS staff during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
	uin	902196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>We have commissioned NHS England to develop a comprehensive emotional, psychological and practical support package for all National Health Service staff. The first line of support focuses on team behaviours – ensuring good line management and team practices, reflecting on daily events – backed up by good local occupational health support. Nationally, all NHS staff now have free access to a helpline and text service for counselling and support, a dedicated bereavement helpline and a range of well-being apps.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/05/2020 14:24:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1608600

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department collects data on the mental health of NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	176625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold or gather data on the mental health of National Health Service staff nationally. Rather, this is held at a local level, for example with occupational health teams.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/04/2023 08:24:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1702222

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the BALM programme.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	22587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England is currently undertaking a review of how health and wellbeing support could be delivered more effectively. As part of this review, the team will: assess NHS England’s current contracts; work with integrated care boards, National Health Service trusts, and primary care organisations to understand the scale and impact of locally provided provision; and work with system partners and stakeholders including royal colleges, the voluntary sector, and the independent sector to understand how demand for these services has changed over recent years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/04/2024 15:00:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell