Health Services: Finance
Commons · Question 106644 · Tabled 19 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure parity of funding and service provision between physical health services and mental health services.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 27 Jan 2026
We are committed to giving mental health the same attention and focus as physical health. We know that, for people living with severe mental illness, life expectancy is 15 to 20 years shorter than that for the general population.As the Medium-Term Plannin...