Hospitals: Coronavirus

(asked on 8th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch COVID-19 transmission in hospitals: management of the risk – a prospective safety investigation, published in October 2020, what steps they are taking to develop staff health and wellbeing initiatives to assist with the emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 15th March 2021

A comprehensive package of health and wellbeing services are in place for National Health Service staff, including helplines for counselling and support and free access to well-being apps. An extra £30 million has been invested in enhanced mental and occupational health support services and mental health hubs offering outreach and assessment services to help frontline staff receive rapid access to evidence based mental health services.

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