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Mental Health Services: Veterans

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 69882, tabled on 24 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans requested mental health support in each month of (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, and (d) 2022.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

3 November 2022

This information is not collected in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of referrals made to each service provided by Op COURAGE: the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS); the Complex Treatment Services (CTS); and since its commencement in 2020, the High Intensity Service (HIS), in each month since January 2019. These services provide a mental health care pathway for veterans, with individuals benefitting from personalised care plans and access to support and treatment in and out of hours.

Month

Number of referrals to TILS

Number of referrals to CTS

Number of referrals to HIS

January 2019

337

81

N/A

February 2019

297

46

N/A

March 2019

384

44

N/A

April 2019

342

54

N/A

May 2019

337

51

N/A

June 2019

356

75

N/A

July 2019

372

56

N/A

August 2019

323

56

N/A

September 2019

340

62

October 2019

448

69

November 2019

371

45

December 2019

291

33

January 2020

438

56

February 2020

543

64

March 2020

435

72

April 2020

236

91

May 2020

266

56

June 2020

336

54

July 2020

403

46

August 2020

299

49

September 2020

437

57

2

October 2020

386

59

31

November 2020

367

53

52

December 2020

273

53

47

January 2021

307

41

44

February 2021

303

40

48

March 2021

457

35

79

April 2021

326

41

50

May 2021

380

42

54

June 2021

436

40

52

July 2021

365

54

62

August 2021

373

38

71

September 2021

450

53

76

October 2021

387

35

68

November 2021

436

61

63

December 2021

340

39

56

January 2022

395

39

56

February 2022

410

30

66

March 2022

397

45

87

April 2022

340

39

63

May 2022

431

49

119

June 2022

366

43

88

July 2022

413

37

78

August 2022

404

38

87

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