Mental Health Services: Young People
Commons · Question 5263 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Al Pinkerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of redress available to former child patients who experienced (a) physical and (b) sexual abuse in NHS adolescent mental health units.
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 8 Jul 2026
We recognise the importance of former child patients being able to seek redress for physical and sexual abuse suffered.In some cases where there have been serious institutional failings which have contributed to abuse, financial redress schemes have been ...