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Government finds cash to “urgently address” AMHP shortages but sector leaders query feasibility of doing so
Part of £3m in Covid-19 mental health recovery plan will be used to address shortages but AMHP leads say long training cycle means this will not be a quick fix
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The government has announced funding to “urgently” address gaps in the approved mental health professional (AMHP) workforce.
Set out in the Covid-19 mental health and wellbeing recovery plan, published last week, the money is part of a £3m package that will also go on preparing for the planned reform of the Mental Health Act 1983. This will include starting to address the significant racial disparities in the use of the act, which the government said had “been further exposed by Covid-19”.
Sector bodies call for clarity over social workers’ position in Covid-19 vaccination priority list Calls come amid concern AMHPs might be bumped down the list due to a lack of understanding about the role
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Story updated 11 January
Sector bodies are calling for clarity over the position of social workers on the government’s Covid-19 vaccination priority list, with particular concern over when higher-risk groups like approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) will be immunised.
While frontline health and social care workers are in the second priority group – and frontline care home staff in the first – social workers are not mentioned by name in any government guidance, leading to concerns over when practitioners will be vaccinated.