Mental Health Services: Staff
Commons · Question 26510 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Kerry McCarthy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in NHS mental health inpatient settings.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 25 Sep 2026
The latest published NHS workforce statistics show that the National Health Service mental health workforce stands at 160,734 full-time equivalent staff (June 2026). However, the established national mental health workforce definition does not separately ...