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Mental Health Services: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to increase patient capacity on mental health wards in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the surrounding area.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to increase patient capacity on mental health wards in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the surrounding area.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England’s 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance reinforces this focus on improving patient flow as a key priority, with local health systems directed to reduce the average length of stay in adult acute mental health wards to deliver mor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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