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1717673

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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 assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Practitioner Health Service in safeguarding the mental health of NHS professionals.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	26004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The mental health and wellbeing of the National Health Service workforce is of paramount importance. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chief Executive of the NHS understand and sympathise with the concerns raised last month, in relation to the future of the NHS Practitioner Health service. They took swift action to ensure that it will continue to provide a full service to doctors and senior managers during 2023/24, whilst a review is carried out. This was confirmed by NHS England on 15 April 2024.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is reviewing the service as part of a wider review of its mental health and wellbeing offer to staff. They are working collaboratively with regions and integrated care systems to agree the best approach to providing mental health support for staff, including outreach for the workforce. They will confirm future arrangements once this review has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26002 26003 26005 question first answered 16/05/2024 08:01:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

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

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

1342337

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS workers have access to adequate mental health support.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	25131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>Forty dedicated mental health hubs have been established to proactively identify at-risk staff with more complex needs, ensuring they receive rapid access to evidence-based mental health services. National Health Service staff have access to a comprehensive psychological and emotional support package, including a 24 hours a day, seven days a week support line, specialist bereavement support and free access to mental health and wellbeing apps.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/07/2021 10:32:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 11607 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

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

1296968

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 147019, if he will publish the analysis of how many NHS staff have accessed the government-funded mental health and wellbeing package; how many staff have accessed that service through the (a) dedicated app, (b) website and (c) telephone and text helplines; and if he will publish the total number of staff who have accessed those services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	161853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>A comprehensive national offer of support has been in place since the pandemic began. This has been accessed on over 750,000 occasions.</p><p> </p><p>There have been almost 185,000 downloads of self-help apps and over 570,000 views of the website which signposts further resources to support staff wellbeing. In addition to this, there have been over 9,000 contacts with the National Helpline that is provided in partnership with the Samaritans and over 4,000 conversations with the 24 hour text support line run in partnership with SHOUT.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/03/2021 13:20:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 88154 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris