Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that training received by psychologists and NHS staff is (a) relevant to mental health issues and (b) represents a range of therapies.

The NHS Long Term Plan requires 27,000 additional mental health roles to be deployed in health and care services. Additional training has been commissioned to support this expansion and to raise awareness of mental health issues and the interventions required amongst the workforce. Training in a range of therapies is also supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s latest evidence and guidance.