Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training clinicians receive on the needs of families where a parent has mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement.

It is the responsibility of individual employers to ensure that their staff are trained and competent to carry out the role for which they are employed, and for making decisions about the ongoing professional training and development requirements of their staff.

In addition, regulated healthcare professionals will need to meet the standards of education and training set by their profession’s regulator, all of which include communicating with patients who come to seek their help, including those where a carer may have mental health issues.