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Mental Health Services: Finance

Commons · Question 22823 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that increased funding for mental health services is (a) improving patient outcomes and (b) reducing waiting times.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jan 2025

All integrated care boards met the Mental Health Investment Standard for 2023/24, meaning that their investment in mental health services increased in line with their overall increase in funding for the year. Information for 2024/25 is expected to become ...