A question on #SickLeave #MentalHealth tabled by Sir Julian Smith on 22-05-2025 has been answered by Alison McGovern.

Heading: Sick Leave: Mental Health
Question ID: 1805531
UIN: 54254
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-22
Asking Member ID: 4118
Asking Member display name: Sir Julian Smith
Asking Member handle: JulianSmithuk
Asking Member Twitter reference: @JulianSmithuk
Member interest: true
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using mediation to facilitate an (a) easier and (b) speedier return to the workplace for people off work for (i) stress and (ii) mental heal
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Date answered: 2025-06-02
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Answering Member ID: 4083
Answering Member display name: Alison McGovern
Answering Member handle: Alison_McGovern
Answering Member Twitter reference: @Alison_McGovern
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Answer text: Employment Advisors in the jointly owned DWP-DHSC ‘Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapies programme’ provide advice and support to those suffering with stress and/ or mental health conditions to remain in or return to work. Though not formal mediati...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true