Mental Health Services: Schools
(asked on 20th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Education Mental Health Practitioners working in schools in England as of 20 January 2022.
This question was answered on 2nd March 2022
No such estimate has been made. Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) may work in or around a variety of education settings such as schools, colleges, special schools or pupil referral units. As of 20 January 2022, 932 EMHP trainees have completed training, with a further 178 due to complete their training by 31 March 2022.