The Deputy Minister for Psychological Well being and Effectively-being has introduced an extra £3.3m to help the implementation of the Strategic Psychological Well being Workforce plan in 2023-24.
The extra funding will take the annual funding by Welsh Authorities to implement the Plan to £6m in 2023-24.
The Strategic Psychological Well being Workforce Plan was developed by Well being Training and Enchancment Wales (HEIW) and Social Care Wales following in depth engagement, together with with customers of psychological well being providers. The plan was printed in November 2022.
The plan units out 33 actions to assist obtain a sustainable psychological well being workforce. It goals to enhance prevention and early intervention providers, in addition to addressing pressures on providers for individuals with extreme psychological well being wants. The plan is aligned to the 10-year Workforce Technique for Well being and Social Care in Wales.
Lynne Neagle, the Deputy Minister for Psychological Well being and Effectively-being, stated:
“We have now a highly-skilled psychological well being workforce right here in Wales, which is significant in assembly individuals’s psychological well being wants. Nevertheless, workforce points stay a key challenges for psychological well being providers. This plan goals to assist us obtain a sustainable and various workforce to satisfy these challenges.
I welcome the work HEIW and Social Care Wales have completed to develop this formidable plan. We’re committing this funding to assist be sure that the plan is delivered as a part of our wider and continued funding to help psychological well being and well-being.”
Alex Howells, Chief Government of HEIW, stated:
“One of many actions from our Strategic Psychological Well being Workforce Plan for Well being and Social Care, developed with Social Care Wales, was to develop this multi-professional workforce plan. We welcome this announcement of funding so we will transfer into a brand new part of labor, implementing our deliberate actions alongside Social Care Wales, which can assist us to higher help Wales’ very important psychological well being workforce.”
