Question follow-through · 11957

East London NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the number of people who have accessed adult mental health services in the East London NHS Foundation Trust.

answeredUma KumaranDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
8 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the number of people who have accessed adult mental health services in the East London NHS Foundation Trust.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    We recognise that the overall number of people being referred to National Health Service adult mental health services is increasing, including in East London, and too many people are not receiving the mental health care they need.That is why, as part of o...

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