Mental Health Services: Penrith and Solway
Commons · Question 903946 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 May 2025
Question
Asked by Markus Campbell-Savours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support primary care staff providing mental health services in Penrith and Solway constituency.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 May 2025
General practice is funded to deploy mental health practitioners, bridging the gap between primary care and specialist mental health services, with over 1,200 employed in England as of December 2024.Our 10-year health plan will deliver more care locally, ...