Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32356

Mental Illness: Drugs

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Research has undertaken research on the potential impact of psychedelic medication on the treatment of severe mental health conditions.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is supporting psilocybin research via the NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility and the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, where resea...

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