Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50673

Counselling and Psychiatry: Regulation

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that qualified (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists are (i) supported and (ii) distinguished from (A) psychiatric and (B) diagnostic services.

Answer

Karin Smyth
It is essential that all National Health Service staff, including counsellors and psychotherapists, can work in a supportive and compassionate environment that recognises and prioritises health and wellbeing. NHS England has a wide-ranging package of ment...

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