Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff receive mental health support when required.

In 2022/23, we are investing £45 million to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs to provide outreach and assessment services for frontline staff to receive rapid access to evidence based mental health services. The Professional Nurse Advocacy programme is delivering staff training and restorative supervision in England and we are expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service which provides a national support service for staff with more complex needs, such as trauma or addictions. The national health and wellbeing offer also includes a role for Wellbeing Guardians at board level to focus on the wellbeing of staff.