Question follow-through · 115993

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of walk-in mental health support.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
11 Mar 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of walk-in mental health support.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government has already taken significant steps to stabilise and improve National Health Service mental health services but there is much more to do. Transforming the system will take time, but we are committed to delivering a new approach to mental he...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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