Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 38693 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps action he is taking to help reduce waiting times for mental health treatment in (a) Shropshire and (b) England.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 28 Mar 2025
The latest NHS Talking Therapies data for England show that as of December 2024, 91.2% of people completing treatment waited less than six weeks for their first appointment, against a target of 75%. Additionally, 98.4% of people completing treatment waite...