Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services.”
Tabled: 19 December 2024Answered: 7 January 2025
Asked by
Gideon Amos
Liberal Democrat — Taunton and Wellington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Care (Stephen Kinnock)
As Lord Darzi’s independent investigation found, around 1 million people are waiting to access mental health services in England. This Government will fix our broken mental health services by recruiting 8,500 more mental health workers, providing access to specialist mental health professionals in every school and rolling out young futures hubs in every community.