Question follow-through · 24911
Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of levels of regional variation in access to inpatient mental health beds; and what action is being taken to ensure that patients are not required to travel
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 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
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of levels of regional variation in access to inpatient mental health beds; and what action is being taken to ensure that patients are not required to travel
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
We are developing a new mental health strategy for England, to be published later this year. The strategy will aim to transform mental health care into a system that responds earlier, reduces waiting times for support, intervenes earlier, and supports peo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dementia: Health Services
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve the support available to individuals and families following a diagnosis of dementia, including access to information about local services and financial support.
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire: Women
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB and what services do they provide.