Question follow-through · 96915
Mental Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what requirements exist for follow-up contact within 48 hours of discharge from inpatient mental health services; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS compliance with these requir
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what requirements exist for follow-up contact within 48 hours of discharge from inpatient mental health services; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS compliance with these requir
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
There is no requirement that exists for follow-up contact within 48 hours of discharge from inpatient mental health services. There is, however, a follow up requirement for 72 hours post discharge, based on evidence from the National Confidential Inquiry ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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