Health leaders urge the government to restore funding for NHS staff wellbeing hubs

Healthcare organisations have called on the government to restore funding for evidence based mental health and wellbeing services for NHS and social care staff.A group of 17 organisations including medical royal colleges and the BMA have written to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Victoria Atkins asking her to urgently restore ringfenced investment in services as part of the NHS long term workforce plan.The letter,1 sent on 26 March, warned that NHS and social care staff were facing a “postcode lottery of patchy mental health support” as all government funding for NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs is to end on 31 March 2024.In 2021, in response to the pandemic, 40 NHS wellbeing hubs were established to offer staff access to evidence based mental health services free of charge.2“To date, of the original 40 hubs, 18 have closed since March 2023,” the group’s letter to Atkins said….
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