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1205413

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of mental health and other occupational health support for staff employed by the NHS in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL5916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff is, and has always been, very important to the Government. At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak we assessed that they would potentially need additional mental health and occupational health support.</p><p>We commissioned NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop a comprehensive package of emotional, psychological and practical support for NHS staff - building on the support already in place in local NHS organisations. The support package was launched by NHS England and NHS Improvement on 8 April.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have also launched a new framework, which will enable employers to buy-in additional occupational health support for their staff. This will supplement support already available in NHS organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 09/07/2020 15:29:58 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

429215

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policy the NHS has about protecting the mental health of its workforce.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
	uin	HL3699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>NHS England’s recent announcement &quot;A healthy NHS workforce&quot;, aims to raise staff awareness and understanding of mental health issues and ensure staff have access to help, support and treatment when they need it.</p><br /><p>“A healthy NHS workforce” includes, for example, line manager training and, providing NHS staff rapid access to talking therapies. This is currently being tested as part of the Healthy Workforce programme led by NHS England.</p><br /><p>NHS Employers is working with NHS England and Public Health England on improving NHS staff health and wellbeing. They offer extensive information and tools for managers to support their employees who are demonstrating signs of mental health problems, or returning to work following periods of sickness absence.</p><br /><p>These resources, which are only available online, can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p>www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/protecting-staff-and-preventing-ill-health/supporting-line-managers/managers-guide-on-supporting-workplace-mental-health/supporting-staff-who-are-experiencing-mental-health-problems</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 01/12/2015 12:29:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

429217

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to address the stigma of mental health problems amongst healthcare workers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
	uin	HL3701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government included in its Mandate to NHS England an objective for them to “make partnership a success”. This includes “<em>championing the Time to Change campaign to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce stigma, including in the NHS workforce</em>”.</p><br /><p>In taking this forward, NHS England recently announced the &quot;A healthy NHS workforce&quot; initiative. This aims to raise staff awareness and understanding of mental health issues, helping to ensure they have access to help, support and treatment when they need it. A copy of the announcement is attached.</p><br /><p>“A healthy NHS workforce” includes, for example, line manager trainingand, providing NHS staff rapid access to talking therapies. Thisis currently being tested as part of the Healthy Workforce programme led by NHS England.</p><br /><p>In addition, NHS Employers have launched the <em>How are you feeling NHS? </em>toolkit. This has been developed with NHS staff to help bridge a gap in understanding and enable them to: talk openly and regularly about their emotional health; assess the impact emotional wellbeing has on themselves, their colleagues and patients, and help with action planning to enable more good days than bad. The online only resource can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/protecting-staff-and-preventing-ill-health/how-are-you-feeling-nhs-toolkit" target="_blank">www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/protecting-staff-and-preventing-ill-health/how-are-you-feeling-nhs-toolkit</a></p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 01/12/2015 12:13:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Simon Stevens announces major drive to improve health in NHS workplace.docx title A Healthy NHS Workforce announcement
	tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

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

1190685

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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 during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	40613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop a comprehensive emotional, psychological and practical support package for all National Health Service staff during and after COVID-19 response.</p><p>This includes free access to well-being apps, a dedicated helpline and text service that offer support and confidential listening, and where appropriate signposting to other services that support staff welfare. A separate helpline is also now available offering bereavement support by a team of fully qualified bereavement specialists.</p><p>More information on how to access this support can be found online at the following link:</p><p>people.nhs.uk/help</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/05/2020 16:17:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1192869

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he had made of the correlation between staff mental health issues and levels of job retention.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	43102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>Improving the psychological wellbeing of those working in the National Health Service is an essential factor in retaining NHS staff. Therefore, improving psychological wellbeing has been a key focus of the NHS People Plan. An interim version of the NHS People Plan was published on 3 June, setting out the vision for how this will be achieved by creating a new offer for all NHS staff, developed through widespread engagement with our people and staff representatives.</p><p>Publication of the final NHS People Plan has been deferred to allow the NHS to provide maximum operational effort to COVID-19 response. However, we have commissioned NHS England to develop a comprehensive emotional, psychological and practical support package for NHS staff during and following the COVID-19 response. Details of the support available as a part of this package are online at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://people.nhs.uk/help/" target="_blank">people.nhs.uk/help</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/06/2020 13:52:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1192877

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment he has undertaken on the effect of the increased pressure on NHS staff on staff mental wellbeing during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	43109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>We have anticipated that National Health Service staff will potentially face significant pressure during COVID-19 response. The Department has urgently commissioned NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop a comprehensive package of emotional, psychological, and practical support for NHS staff during and following COVID-19 response.</p><p>Details of the support available as a part of this package are online at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://people.nhs.uk/help/" target="_blank">people.nhs.uk/help/</a></p><p>The package includes free access to several mental health and wellbeing apps, virtual staff common rooms for mutual support, a dedicated staff support helpline and a separate helpline offering bereavement support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/05/2020 12:56:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1192879

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has put in place to support NHS staff's mental wellbeing during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	43111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a comprehensive emotional, psychological and practical support package for National Health Service staff during and following the COVID-19 response.</p><p>This currently includes free access to well-being apps, virtual staff common rooms for mutual support, a dedicated support helpline and text service (in partnership with Samaritans), and a separate helpline offering bereavement support (in partnership with Hospice UK). NHS organisations are now also able to procure supplementary occupational health support for their staff through a new framework, available until 31 December.</p><p>More information on how to access this support can be found online at the following link:</p><p>people.nhs.uk/help</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2020 12:06:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1201164

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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 additional funding has been made available to the NHS for the (a) mental health hotline for staff and (b) package of measures to support NHS staff through the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	56102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>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 National Health Service staff.</p><p>In response, NHS England and NHS Improvement have funded a range of services to support the health and mental wellbeing of NHS staff, including a dedicated staff support helpline (in partnership with Samaritans), virtual staff common rooms for mutual support, and a separate helpline offering bereavement support (in partnership with Hospice UK). More information on support available to all NHS staff is online at the following link:</p><p>people.nhs.uk/help</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/06/2020 11:00:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

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