Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the (a) mental health and (b) emotional wellbeing of the blood cancer workforce.

It is important that all National Health Service staff are able to work in a supportive and inclusive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing.

Employers across the NHS have their own arrangements in place for supporting their staff, including occupation health provision, employee support programmes, and health and wellbeing guardian roles to ensure board level scrutiny.

To support them, NHS England has a wide-ranging package of mental health and wellbeing support for all staff, which includes access to counselling services, access to a range of wellbeing apps, and tools and resources to support line managers on staff wellbeing. NHS employees also have access to the SHOUT helpline for crisis support, alongside the Practitioner Health offer for more complex mental health wellbeing support, including for trauma and addiction.