Question follow-through · 14323
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing open access care models in mental health services; and if he will take steps to ensure that people have access to timely supp
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 25 Aug 2026 · 56 calendar days after tabling
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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
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing open access care models in mental health services; and if he will take steps to ensure that people have access to timely supp
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Aug 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the announcement on this subject made by my rt. Hon. Friends, the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 5 August 2026, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/news...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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