Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 54583

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7208, what steps his Department has taken to help recruit 8,500 new mental health workers.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, we are recruiting 8,500 mental health workers across child and adult mental health services to help ease pressure on busy services....

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