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Mental Health Services: Software

Asked by Rebecca Long BaileyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 November 2024UIN 13789

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which mental health apps are (a) recommended and (b) linked to by the NHS on its website; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the promotion of these apps by the NHS.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The National Health Service website does not currently display or recommend any mental health apps, as the commissioning of these digital tools is done locally. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Early Value Assessment conditionally recommends products for use in the NHS. So far five mental health topics have been assessed. These assessments have conditionally recommended a wide range of products to be used, while further evidence is generated.

The products that have been conditionally recommended within the five mental health topics can be found on the NICE website.

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