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Suicide: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of call waiting times for emergency support for suicidal people in Bedfordshire.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
27 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of call waiting times for emergency support for suicidal people in Bedfordshire.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    People experiencing suicidal thoughts can access emergency support through a variety of services. These include accident and emergency, mental health crisis services via NHS 111, the police, mental health street triage services, ambulance services, genera...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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