Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 11636

Mental Health Services: Schools

Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 6 November 2024

Question

Marie Goldman

Liberal DemocratChelmsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an NHS-funded salaried training route to becoming a school counsellor.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
We have no plans to do so, as there is already an existing National Health Service-funded salaried training route for education based mental health practitioners, which enables them to work across education and healthcare to provide mental health support ...

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