Question follow-through · 995
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department are making towards recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Hantavirus: Health Education · 14 May 2026
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- Mental Health Services · 20 May 2026
- Mental Health Services: Staff · 20 May 2026
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Votes on this topic
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- 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
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department are making towards recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, in February the Government delivered on its commitment to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers this Parliament, three ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hantavirus: Health Education
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Paramedical Staff: Recruitment
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help Newly Qualified Paramedics (NQPs) into work.
Meningitis: Vaccination
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of meningitis vaccines.
Mental Health Services
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timetable has been set for publication of the new Mental Health Strategy for England.
Mental Health Services: Staff
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Written Statement HCWS36 of 20 May 26, what proportion of the additional 8,500 mental health staff are working in community settings.
Exercise: Mental Health
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role community participation and physical activity will play in the Mental Health Strategy.
Pharmacy: Qualifications
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of community pharmacists who currently hold an Independent Prescribing qualification in England.
Primary Care: Pharmacy
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of additional workforce capacity required to deliver the rollout of NHS-funded Independent Prescribing services from Autumn 2026.
Primary Care: Pharmacy
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £340 million pharmacy funding package will be allocated specifically to (a) workforce training, (b) digital infrastructure and (c) direct service delivery.
Pharmacy: Training
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase levels of funding to support pharmacists undertaking Independent Prescribing qualifications.
Dental Services: Contracts
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of variation in Unit of Dental Activity (UDA) values between NHS dental contracts within the same Integrated Care Board area on
Dental Services: Contracts
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Integrated Care Boards have powers to revise indicative units of dental activity values where existing contracts are considered significantly below local averages.