To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services.
Answered on
24 April 2024
We have been expanding and transforming mental healthcare
In 2022/23 3.6 million people received secondary mental healthcare, and 1.2 million people accessed NHS talking therapies
This is an increase in the number of people receiving NHS mental health support of around 30% in just three years.
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Department of Health and Social Care
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