Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Conclusion 17
Second Report - Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care
Published 8 Jun 2021
Paragraph 121
Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Committee Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Covid-19 has exacerbated existing problems with staff welfare, but also brought some benefits, including higher levels of recognition and different ways of working. While enhanced recognition of the work of health and care staff is welcome, adequate and holistic support for their mental health and wellbeing is of primary importance. That support was not just needed during the waves of covid-19: it will be needed through the recovery as the health and care sector returns to ‘business as usual’.
From: Health and Social Care Committee, Second Report - Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care (HC 22), paragraph 121, 8 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 17 February 2022 (deadline 8 August 2021).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The document is the government's response, published on 15 February 2022 by the Department of Health and Social Care, to the Health and Social Care Committee's report on workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care; the page itself does not set out the government's position.
- The response is a 36-page document (Command Paper CP 620), available in HTML and PDF formats, and it applies to England.
- The Committee's report was published on 8 June 2021, and the government's response followed on 15 February 2022.
- The web page provided contains no text on which recommendations the government accepts or declines, or on any commitments; readers need the full response document for those.