Mental Health Services: Schools
Commons · Question 11636 · Tabled 29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Marie Goldman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an NHS-funded salaried training route to becoming a school counsellor.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 6 Nov 2024
We have no plans to do so, as there is already an existing National Health Service-funded salaried training route for education based mental health practitioners, which enables them to work across education and healthcare to provide mental health support ...