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Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health support for residents in rural areas.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health support for residents in rural areas.

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health and that people can be confident of accessing high q...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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