Health Professions: Training

(asked on 9th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Office about the training UK medical schools provide on modern slavery.


Answered by
Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
This question was answered on 16th April 2019

There have been no recent Ministerial discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Office specifically about the training United Kingdom medical schools provide on modern slavery.

However, Health Education England runs an e-learning programme called e-Learning for Health (e-LfH) working in partnership with the National Health Service and professional bodies to support patient care by providing e-learning to educate and train the health and social care workforce. e-LfH includes a Modern Slavery programme which provides an overview of the issue of modern slavery. It is aimed at helping all healthcare staff recognise the signs that someone has been trafficked, and to take appropriate action with confidence.

More widely, the Government recognises that clinical and healthcare staff have a significant role when they suspect that a patient is being trafficked. The position from NHS England is that it is vital that NHS health staff follow statutory processes for safeguarding referrals for adults as well as children given the wealth of evidence pointing to victim’s likelihood of having

care and support needs which require a coordinated response and assessment by the local authority as the accountable agency. Resources are available to enable healthcare staff identify individuals who may be victims of trafficking, and to respond in an appropriate manner. This includes understanding ways in which healthcare staff can provide support to those who may be victims.

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