Question follow-through · 128814
Mental Health Services: Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help promote the role of art psychotherapists in addressing issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help promote the role of art psychotherapists in addressing issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
The National Health Service is expanding access to timely, high‑quality mental health support, including psychological therapies, as part of the 10 Year Health Plan shifts towards prevention, early intervention, and community‑based care. This includes con...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Mental Health: Cannabis
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regulations for the private prescription of medical cannabis at protecting patients with severe mental health conditions.