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NHS Workers Mental Health 2020-06-23

2020-06-23

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Jane Stevenson Lab
Wolverhampton South East
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During regular meetings with the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, concerns about staff mental health have been raised.
Staff at New Cross Hospital and those working with covid patients are particularly worried. Will the Minister join me in thanking these staff and reassure them that mental health support will be available?
Helen Whately (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety)
I would be delighted to join my hon. Friend in thanking the staff at New Cross Hospital for all that they have been doing in these incredibly difficult times. Mental health support absolutely should be, and is, there. There is the mental health support helpline and the text messaging service. It is also really important that NHS trusts take steps locally to ensure that their staff have the support that they need.
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