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Coronavirus: Mental Health

Asked by Fred ThomasLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 August 2025UIN 69190

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The latest adult psychiatric morbidity survey, published on 26 June 2025, provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions in the adult population in England, those aged 16 years old and over. This is the first survey since 2014 and covers the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of part 1 of the survey are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey

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