PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Rural Areas (1 September 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the potential impact of isolation on mental health in rural areas and (b) provide appropriate mental health support for residents in such areas.

Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee recently published a report setting out recommendations to the government regarding rural mental health. The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs towards responding to this report, and this will be published in due course.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
6 September 2023