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Mental Health Services: Standards

Commons · Question 22824 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking the reduce the time taken for people to receive urgent mental health care.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 14 Jan 2025

It is unacceptable that too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. We are determined to change that.As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that...