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Care Workers: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 19585 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health support for social care workers.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 17 Dec 2024

Most social care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, including any occupational health or wellbeing support, independent of the central Government.We recognise the scale of reforms needed to make th...