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Mental Health Services: West Dorset

Commons · Question 69160 · Tabled 18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) access to, (b) waiting times for, (c) availability of specialist therapies in and (d) other provision of child and adolesce

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 29 Jul 2025

The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board is responsible for commissioning services to meet the mental health needs of children and young people in West Dorset. Nationally, the Government is investing an extra £688 million this year to transform mental health ...