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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gambling: Health Services (22 September 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on increasing NHS support for people with gambling addiction.

Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)

Answer

The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to expand the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems.

In addition to the existing National Problem Gambling Clinic in London, the National Health Service has committed to opening an additional 14 new problem gambling clinics by 2023/24. The NHS Northern Gambling Service in Leeds opened in 2019 and now has satellite sites in Manchester and Sunderland. The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan has committed to spending up to £15 million on gambling-related harms by 2023/24.

As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement are improving referral routes for mental health services in primary care, by focusing on the integration of services.

The NHS continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS Long Term Plan commitments and timescales outlined above.


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
1 October 2020

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