Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 59509 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 55130 on Farmers: Mental Health Services, what steps he is taking to help ensure that rural agricultural communities have equitable access to the 8,500 new mental
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 25 Jun 2025
National Health Service metrics and evaluation frameworks set up to measure effectiveness in mental health services do not specifically assess interventions in farming communities. NHS England currently publishes access and waiting time metrics in line wi...