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Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

Asked by Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 June 2025UIN 56587

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who had been referred to (a) secondary mental health services and (b) NHS Talking Therapies who were referred with (i) autistic spectru

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Information on mental health conditions by referral is not available, and a diagnosis may not have been established at the time of referral.

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