Question follow-through · 21095
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of mental health support for winter 2024-25.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of mental health support for winter 2024-25.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
We do not underestimate how challenging winter will be again this year for the National Health Service. The national approach on priorities for winter planning was issued on 16 September 2024. As part of this, maintaining patient safety and experience wil...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Brain: Tumours
19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the families of people diagnosed with brain tumours.
Pharmacy
3 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a hub and spoke model to community pharmacy.
Brain: Tumours
7 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to fund research into potential treatments for brain tumours to help (a) extend life expectancy and (b) alleviate suffering.
Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
7 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that people in rural communities have access to mental health support within a one-hour radius using public transport.
Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
7 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health services in rural communities are adequately (a) staffed and (b) supported.
Arthritis: Health Services
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) treatment and (b) support services for people with arthritis; and what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the condition.
Hospitals: Gloucestershire
14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) staffing shortages and (b) infrastructure problems in hospitals in Gloucestershire.
Fractures: Health Services
16 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on health outcomes of universal access to Fracture Liaison Services.
Fractures: Health Services
16 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on acute hospital bed usage of universal access to Fracture Liaison Services.
Eyesight: Testing
27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS sight test fee; and if he will take steps to increase that fee.
Defibrillators
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a national strategy to place defibrillators in high need areas.
Maternity Services: Forest of Dean
5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support maternity services in the Forest of Dean constituency.