Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 27555

Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 6 February 2025

Question

Peter Dowd

LabourBootle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for healthcare professionals to better (a) recognise and (b) diagnose bipolar.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The standard of training for general practitioners and other health care practitioners is the responsibility of the independent statutory regulatory bodies. They set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses, and higher edu...

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