Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
Commons · Question 52106 · Tabled 13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 May 2025
Question
Asked by Maya Ellis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of beds in psychiatric intensive care units in (a) Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and (b) other NHS trusts.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 May 2025
The number of mental health inpatient beds required to support a local population is dependent on both local mental health need and the effectiveness of the whole local mental health system in providing timely access to care and supporting people to stay ...