Maternity Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of workforce pressures on levels of (a) burnout and (b) staff attrition in maternity services.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The health and wellbeing of all NHS staff is a top priority. NHS organisations have a responsibility to create supportive working environments for staff and to ensure they have the conditions they need to thrive, including access to high quality health and wellbeing support.
As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will roll out Staff Treatment hubs to ensure all staff have access to high quality occupational health support, including for mental health. To further support this ambition, we will work with the Social Partnership Forum to introduce a new set of staff standards for modern employment, covering issues such as access to healthy meals, support to work healthily and flexibly, and tackling violence, racism and sexual harassment in the workplace.
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