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Mental Health Services

Asked by Perran MoonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 October 2024UIN 900638

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to NHS mental health services.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Around one million people are waiting to access mental health services, and vacancy rates for mental health trusts are around 10% - the highest of any NHS sector.

This government will fix our broken NHS so people can be confident of accessing high quality mental health support when needed.

This includes recruiting 8,500 more mental health workers, introducing specialist mental health professionals in every school, rolling out Young Futures hubs in every community and modernising the Mental Health Act.

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