Question follow-through · 36917

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department monitors the quality of support provided by NHS trusts to people with acute mental health conditions when they leave in-patient care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
24 Mar 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department monitors the quality of support provided by NHS trusts to people with acute mental health conditions when they leave in-patient care.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The statutory guidance on discharge from mental health inpatient settings makes clear that National Health Service mental health trusts should have a clear plan in place for the ongoing care and support that a patient requires after discharge from a menta...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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