Mental Health Services: Standards
Commons · Question 36917 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Julia Buckley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department monitors the quality of support provided by NHS trusts to people with acute mental health conditions when they leave in-patient care.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 24 Mar 2025
The statutory guidance on discharge from mental health inpatient settings makes clear that National Health Service mental health trusts should have a clear plan in place for the ongoing care and support that a patient requires after discharge from a menta...