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Mental Health Services

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 196526, tabled on 1 September 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of people using community mental health services are receiving psychological therapy.

Answered on

8 September 2023

Information derived from the mental health services dataset shows that 9.9 per cent. of people referred to community mental health services with a contact in the period from August 2021 to July 2022 were referred to psychological therapy with a contact in the same period. In some cases, the same person may have had more than one referral within this period.