Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25925

Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 22 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Sam Carling

LabourNorth West Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of challenges of accessing mental health provision in rural communities.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Waiting lists for those wanting to access mental health provisions are too high across England, in areas with fewer mental health services and including those in rural communities. People with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they ...

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