Following a critical report by the Care Quality Commission on some care homes in North East Lincolnshire which care for people with mental health issues, Martin has called for the Government to do all it can to ensure staff are well trained.
At Health Questions, Martin asked the Minister, Norman Lamb:
"The CQC has recently published a critical report on some care homes in North East Lincolnshire that care for people suffering from mental health difficulties. I welcome what the Minister said earlier about the need for better training. Dealing with mental health patients is particularly challenging, so can he give an absolute assurance that more work will be done to ensure that training meets the standards required?"
The Minister responded:
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the fact that it is just as important to protect and provide great care for younger adults who have other needs, be those mental health issues, learning disabilities or autism, as it is for frail older people. All the requirements on compulsory training will apply equally in the former settings as they will in the latter. We have to drive up standards there as well."