Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 147019, how many wellbeing guardians have been appointed by health boards in England; where those wellbeing guardians are employed; and what steps he is taking to measure the effect of those appointments on the wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers.

The Wellbeing Guardian (WBG) is a new board level or equivalent senior leadership role designed to champion the wellbeing of their National Health Service organisational workforce. NHS England and NHS Improvement held an event on 28 February 2021 to formally launch the role with all NHS organisations. Initial data indicating prevalence of WBG role uptake in large acute, community, provider organisations and clinical commissioning groups, based on attendees at the launch event shows 208 NHS organisations across the country were represented, 37 or 18% had a wellbeing guardian in place, 29 or 14% had a wellbeing guardian starting in the role soon and 142 or 68% were seeking advice on how to implement the role.