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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services (1 September 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog in mental health cases across (a) England and (b) Shropshire.

Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The NHS Long Term Plan commits to investing £2.3 billion extra funding a year in expanding and transforming mental health services by March 2024, enabling an extra two million people, including in Shropshire, to be treated by National Health Service mental health services.

The Department also provided an additional £500 million in 2021/22 to accelerate our expansion plans and help address waiting times for mental health services. The Department is also working with the NHS towards implementing five new waiting time standards for people requiring mental healthcare in both accident & emergency and in the community, to ensure timely access to the most appropriate, high-quality support.


Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
6 September 2023

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