Mental Health Services: Recruitment
Commons · Question 7502 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made towards recruiting the additional mental health workforce.
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 16 Jun 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...