Question follow-through · 93679
Electroconvulsive Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received NHS electroshock therapy in every year since 2010 in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received NHS electroshock therapy in every year since 2010 in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
In line with National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s guidelines, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used in current United Kingdom clinical practice as a treatment option for individuals with depressive illness, catatonia and mania, and is occasional...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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