Question follow-through · 1934
Autism and Mental Health: Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of beds for (a) adults and (b) children with (i) a dual diagnosis with autism and (ii) other complex mental health needs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of beds for (a) adults and (b) children with (i) a dual diagnosis with autism and (ii) other complex mental health needs.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
This specific assessment has not yet been made, as NHS England does not currently hold data of the necessary quality on the number of available beds in mental health inpatient settings prior to March 2024. NHS England has recently implemented version 6 of...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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