Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21231

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 8 January 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for recruiting 8,500 additional mental health workers.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
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 t...

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