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Mental Health Services: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to community-based mental health support for low-income children and families.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
10 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to community-based mental health support for low-income children and families.

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    There are currently approximately 65 locally funded early support hubs in England offering early access mental health interventions to thousands of children and young people aged 11 to 25 years old, including those from low-income families.The Department ...

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