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1701492

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to bring waiting times for mental health patients in-line with waiting times for physical health patients.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	22119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>We remain committed to achieving parity between mental and physical health services, as outlined in the parity of esteem definition set out in a letter to the Public Accounts Committee in February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Given funding is important for reaching parity of esteem, we are making good progress with investment in National Health Service mental health services. Between 2018/19 and 2023/24, NHS spending on mental health has increased by £4.7 billion in cash terms, as compared to the target of £3.4 billion in cash terms set out at the time of the Long-Term Plan. For 2024/25, mental health spend is forecast to continue to grow, and will make up 9.01% of all recurrent NHS spending.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, NHS England published the outcomes of its consultation on the potential to introduce five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services, as part of its clinically led review of NHS Access Standards. These are: for an urgent referral to a community based mental health crisis service, a patient should be seen within 24 hours of referral, across all ages; for a very urgent referral to a community based mental health crisis service, a patient should be seen within four hours of referral, for all age groups; patients referred from accident and emergency should be seen face to face within one hour by a mental health liaison or children and young people’s equivalent service; children, young people and their families and carers presenting to community-based mental health services, should start to receive care within four weeks of referral; and adults and older adults presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive help within four weeks of referral.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2024 08:24:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1701061

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of average waiting times for receiving NHS mental health (a) treatment and (b) other support services on the (i) wellbeing and (ii) employment of patients requiring those services.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	21800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>While no such assessments have been made, through the NHS Long Term Plan the Government is providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce, to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England, helping to reduce waiting times. The NHS is also working towards implementing new waiting time measures for people requiring mental healthcare in both accident and emergency and in the community, to increase transparency, drive improvements in the quality of data, promote timely access to the most appropriate and high-quality support, and drive accountability in local systems.</p><p>The 2023 Spring Budget contained a package of over £400 million to support the long-term sick and disabled in remaining in or entering employment. This included approximately £75 million for the expansion of the Individual Placement and Support scheme, to help people with severe mental illness into employment. At the 2023 Autumn Statement, we announced a further £795 million of funding to increase the number of sessions per course of Talking Therapies treatment and broaden access, leading to an expected additional 384,000 people completing a course of treatment by 2028/29. It will also fund an additional 100,000 Individual Placement and Support places over five years, which will help people with severe mental illness gain and retain paid employment.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 21801 question first answered 18/04/2024 10:02:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1701063

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of trends in the number of patients waiting for mental health treatment on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	21801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>While no such assessments have been made, through the NHS Long Term Plan the Government is providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce, to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England, helping to reduce waiting times. The NHS is also working towards implementing new waiting time measures for people requiring mental healthcare in both accident and emergency and in the community, to increase transparency, drive improvements in the quality of data, promote timely access to the most appropriate and high-quality support, and drive accountability in local systems.</p><p>The 2023 Spring Budget contained a package of over £400 million to support the long-term sick and disabled in remaining in or entering employment. This included approximately £75 million for the expansion of the Individual Placement and Support scheme, to help people with severe mental illness into employment. At the 2023 Autumn Statement, we announced a further £795 million of funding to increase the number of sessions per course of Talking Therapies treatment and broaden access, leading to an expected additional 384,000 people completing a course of treatment by 2028/29. It will also fund an additional 100,000 Individual Placement and Support places over five years, which will help people with severe mental illness gain and retain paid employment.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 21800 question first answered 18/04/2024 10:02:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1695436

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	18267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>More and more people are getting support with their mental health thanks to investments made through the NHS Long Term Plan. Unfortunately, demand has risen as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in the cost of living on people’s mental health continues to be felt. This means that some people are facing waiting times that are much longer than we would like.</p><p>We are providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services, to expand access and reduce waiting times. Between 2018/19 and 2023/24, NHS spending on mental health has increased by £4.6 billion in cash terms, as compared to the target of £3.4 billion in cash terms set out at the time of the Long Term Plan. The NHS Long Term Plan committed to grow the mental health workforce by an additional 27,000 staff between 2019/20 and 2023/24. We are making positive progress, delivering two-thirds of this, or 17,000 additional staff, by September 2023, with further significant growth expected by the end of this financial year.</p><p>The NHS is also working towards implementing five new waiting time measures for people requiring mental healthcare in both accident and emergency and in the community, for both adults, and children and young people. This includes working towards improving the quality of data that we have on waiting times for people requiring mental healthcare, in both accident and emergency and in the community. NHS England began publishing this new data in 2023 to improve transparency and drive local accountability.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/03/2024 10:53:19 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1685439

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of young people in South Cumbria identified as highly complex or at high risk to self or others are on the waiting list for (a) cognitive behavioural therapy, (b) psychology and (c) family therapy as of 29 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	11742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/02/2024 11:20:02 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1685653

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of young people who were referred to child and adolescent mental health services waited (a) two weeks, (b) one month, (c) three months, (d) six months and (e) longer than six months for an assessment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	11871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of referrals of children and young people aged between zero and 17 years old in England in 2021/22, as well as the time waiting between referral and their second contact for the timescales available:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number waiting between zero and four weeks</p></td><td><p>137,943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage waiting between zero and four weeks</p></td><td><p>18.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of waiting between four and 12 weeks</p></td><td><p>62,037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage waiting between four and 12 weeks</p></td><td><p>8.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number waiting over 12 weeks</p></td><td><p>38,855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage waiting over 12 weeks</p></td><td><p>5.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number</p></td><td><p>733,756</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS England</p><p><sup> </sup></p><p>Note: These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 05/02/2024 17:49:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1683227

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8607 on Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists, if she will provide this data by NHS provider.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	10356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/01/2024 12:35:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name PQ10356.xlsx title Attachment
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1681870

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to engage with accredited (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists to reduce waiting times for mental health services.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	9530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>To deliver the mental health commitments in the NHS Long Term Plan and help reduce waiting times, our aim is to grow the mental health workforce nationally by an additional 27,000 professionals by March 2024.</p><p>Accredited counsellors and psychotherapists constitute a significant proportion of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce. A collaborative campaign to encourage accredited counsellors and psychotherapists to apply to work in NHS Talking Therapies services has been developed by NHS England with several of the counselling and psychotherapy professional bodies. These professionals are a vital part of our mental health workforce and are fully integrated within it, delivering National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended psychological therapies for depression.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/01/2024 12:29:12 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1680547

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of referrals to NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services waited less than (a) two, (b) four, (c) six and (d) 19 weeks to begin treatment by NHS provider in each quarter between 2021 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	8607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The following table shows the counts and proportions of referrals finishing a course of treatment in the quarter who accessed services, which also indicates starting treatment, up to six and 18 weeks after the referral was received:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Count of finishing referrals that accessed services within 6 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all finishing referrals that accessed services within 6 weeks</p></td><td><p>Count of finishing referrals that accessed services within 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all finishing referrals that accessed services within 18 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January-March 2021</p></td><td><p>146,030</p></td><td><p>92.7</p></td><td><p>155,475</p></td><td><p>98.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April-June 2021</p></td><td><p>157,886</p></td><td><p>92.6</p></td><td><p>168,354</p></td><td><p>98.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July-September 2021</p></td><td><p>156,033</p></td><td><p>91.8</p></td><td><p>167,953</p></td><td><p>98.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October-December 2021</p></td><td><p>145,607</p></td><td><p>90.6</p></td><td><p>158,229</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January-March 2022</p></td><td><p>146,002</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td><td><p>160,893</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April-June 2022</p></td><td><p>148,586</p></td><td><p>88.9</p></td><td><p>164,638</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July-September 2022</p></td><td><p>154,384</p></td><td><p>88.8</p></td><td><p>171,022</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October-December 2022</p></td><td><p>145,220</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td><td><p>159,521</p></td><td><p>98.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January-March 2023</p></td><td><p>153,064</p></td><td><p>90.2</p></td><td><p>166,886</p></td><td><p>98.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April-June 2023</p></td><td><p>149,428</p></td><td><p>90.0</p></td><td><p>163,593</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July-September 2023</p></td><td><p>153,145</p></td><td><p>89.2</p></td><td><p>168,553</p></td><td><p>98.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>NHS Talking Therapies data are given as a count of patient referrals not patients.</li><li>A referral has finished a course of treatment in the quarter if the referral ended in the quarter with the patient having at least two attended treatment appointments or Internet Enabled Therapy logs recorded against it.</li><li>A referral has accessed services when the patient has had their first attended, treatment appointment or an Internet Enabled Therapy log has been recorded for them.</li><li>Data is taken from the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset held by NHS England. NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression is a National Health Service programme implemented in England that offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with depression or anxiety.</li><li>Waiting times data at two, four and 19 weeks is not routinely produced. Data is shown for each quarter from January-March 2021 to July-September 2023 which is the latest available quarterly data.</li></ol> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/01/2024 15:19:06 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 10523 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1669446

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for (a) access to NHS Talking Therapies, (b) an assessment and (c) first appointment with a therapist after seeing a GP was in each Clinical commissioning group in the last 12 months; and what the average waiting time for each was in each Integrated care system area in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	1722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>A table is attached that shows latest available information.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 1723 question first answered 20/11/2023 17:01:17 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name PQ1723.xlsx title PQ1722, PQ1723
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis