Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68995

Mental Health Services: Hospital Wards

Tabled: 17 July 2025

Answered: 6 August 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to NHS trusts to support mental health inpatient wards operating above safe occupancy levels.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Individual mental health trusts and local health systems are expected to effectively assess and manage their bed capacity. NHS England’s mental health, learning disability, and autism inpatient quality transformation programme is supporting cultural chang...

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