To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for recruiting 8,500 additional mental health workers.
Answered on
8 January 2025
As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, we will recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers to reduce waiting times and provide faster treatment.
We recognise that bringing in the staff needed will take time. The decision for the timetable of recruiting the 8,500 additional mental health workers is still ongoing. We are working with NHS England on options to deliver this expansion of the mental health workforce.
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Department of Health and Social Care