Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 36393

Mental Health Services: Schools

Tabled: 7 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) formally recognise accredited school-based counsellors as part of the children’s mental health workforce and (b) integrate those counsellors into (i) NHS and (ii

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, we will introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in every school, through expanding NHS-funded mental health support teams, so that every young person...

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