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Mental Health Services: Schools

Asked by Marie GoldmanLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 6 November 2024UIN 11636

The question

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.

Answered by 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 for children and young people in schools and colleges.

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