Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for key workers.

No assessment has been made of the potential merits of contracting rehabilitation, therapy, and other services for key workers in the National Health Service. NHS England has developed a range of health and wellbeing initiatives, including a health and wellbeing guardian role, a focus on healthy working environments, empowering line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their wellbeing, and a comprehensive emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support package.

NHS England has also published a ‘Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing Together’ strategy. This sets out a roadmap for the NHS and partner organisations to work together to develop and invest in occupational health and wellbeing services for NHS staff over the next five years.

To ensure there is a long-term sustainable approach to supporting staff, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has tasked integrated care systems with developing and implementing plans, in line with NHS England’s strategy, to invest in occupational health and wellbeing services.