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Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to mental health services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
22 Jul 2025
Answer
24 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to mental health services.

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is investing an extra £688 million this year to improve access to mental health services by hiring more staff, delivering more early interventions and getting waiting lists down.We will transform mental health services into 24/7 neighbourh...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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