Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100326

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Helen Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Band 7 CBT therapist posts created in each of the last five years.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The table attached shows the growth in the relevant subsection of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce over the five years to 2024. The high intensity workforce, which includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists, increased by 2,582 between 2019...

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