Mental Health Services: Recruitment
Commons · Question 995 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department are making towards recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff.
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 22 May 2026
As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, in February the Government delivered on its commitment to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers this Parliament, three ...