Mental Health Services: Romford
Commons · Question 23280 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to increase patient capacity on mental health wards in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the surrounding area.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 17 Jan 2025
NHS England’s 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance reinforces this focus on improving patient flow as a key priority, with local health systems directed to reduce the average length of stay in adult acute mental health wards to deliver mor...