Mental Health Services: Standards
Commons · Question 36918 · 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, what steps his Department is taking to improve provision of mental health services to acute mental health patients leaving in-patient facilities.
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...