Insomnia: Mental Health Services
Commons · Question 35 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of patients waiting for more than (a) 1 month, (b) 3 months (c) 6 months and (d) 12 months to receive cognitive behavioural therapy for inso
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 22 May 2026
It is for local integrated care boards to decide whether cognitive behavioural therapy should be offered to their populations as a treatment for insomnia.NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression offer low-intensity therapy which may include interv...