Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to better retain staff in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Norman Lamb

The Government’s refreshed mandate to Health Education England (HEE), published on 1 May 2014, set out the requirements of HEE regarding recruitment, training and retention for the National Health Service workforce, including staff providing children and adolescent mental health services. Underpinning the HEE mandate is a Government investment of nearly £5 billion for 2014-15.