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Drugs: Mental Illness and Misuse

Commons · Question 53033 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 May 2025

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Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists entitled Co-occurring substance use and mental health diso

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Answered by Ashley Dalton, 22 May 2025

The Government is committed to supporting more cohesive and joined-up care between mental health services and substance use services, to ensure people no longer fall through the gaps of treatment.We know that, between 2023 and 2024, 72% of people starting...