Question follow-through · 13789
Mental Health Services: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which mental health apps are (a) recommended and (b) linked to by the NHS on its website; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the promotion of these apps by the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 29 Nov 2024 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which mental health apps are (a) recommended and (b) linked to by the NHS on its website; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the promotion of these apps by the NHS.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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29 Nov 2024
Answer published
The National Health Service website does not currently display or recommend any mental health apps, as the commissioning of these digital tools is done locally. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Early Value Assessment conditionally r...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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