Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional mental health support his Department is providing to the frontline social care workforce during the covid-19 outbreak.

We have worked alongside the National Health Service and other organisations to provide a package of emotional, psychological and practical resources for all care workers. This package includes support helplines, guidance, bereavement resources and a bespoke package of support for registered managers. We have also worked with the sector to ensure that wellbeing resources and best practice advice are streamlined and easier to navigate.