PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Carers: Health (9 October 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need. We want to ensure that people who care for family and friends are better able to look after their own physical and mental health and wellbeing.
People, including unpaid carers, with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they deserve, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health. This includes recruiting 8,500 more mental health workers, introducing specialist mental health professionals in every school, rolling out Young Futures hubs in every community, and modernising the Mental Health Act.
Answered by:
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
16 October 2024
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