Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101710

Mental Health Services: Standards

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 96915, what assessment he has made of the levels of variation in compliance with the 72-hour follow-up requirement between integrated care boa

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The national ambition is for all mental health trusts to ensure 80% of patients discharged from adult acute mental health inpatient settings are followed up within 72 hours, and is intended to bring focus not just to the timeliness of follow-up, but also ...

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