Question follow-through · 16780
Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health services for (a) young and (b) older people in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 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 mental health services for (a) young and (b) older people in rural areas.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2024
Answer published
Waiting lists for those referred for support are too high, and especially so for young people. People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they deserve or need, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental h...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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