Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19585

Care Workers: Mental Health Services

Tabled: 11 December 2024

Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health support for social care workers.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Most social care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, including any occupational health or wellbeing support, independent of the central Government.We recognise the scale of reforms needed to make th...

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