Written questions

Mental Health Services: Children

Commons · Question 38992 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that policy decisions on children’s mental health provision reflect the full range of evidence-based interventions, including counselling, rather

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 27 Mar 2025

All interventions delivered by National Health Service mental health services are evidence-based and use a range of clinical evidence. This includes counselling services.National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines make evidence-based reco...