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	registered interest
	date	09/02/2023
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use more trained therapists to ease the backlog of NHS patients with mental health problems.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL5596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2023 answer text <p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan we are committed to transforming and expanding mental health services in England by 2023/24 so that an additional two million people can get the mental health support that they need. This commitment is backed by our plans through the NHS Long Term Plan to grow the mental health workforce by an additional 27,000 professionals, including more trained therapists to provide more people with National Health Service talking therapies, by 2023/24.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 17/02/2023 11:36:02 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

773536

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decrease in inpatient psychiatric beds and any relationship this may have to the increase in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced an independent review of mental health legislation and practice to tackle the issue of mental health detention on 4 October 2017. The independent review will look at a range of issues, and central to this will be a consideration of why rates of detention are increasing, and what can be done to reduce inappropriate detention and improve how different agencies respond to people in crisis. The review will make recommendations to Government in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, NHS England is considering the findings of the independent Commission to review the provision of acute inpatient psychiatric care for adults and intends to publish a response shortly. The Commission was established by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in January 2015 to review the provision of acute inpatient psychiatric beds. Its report <em>Old problems New Solutions: Improving acute psychiatric care for adults in England</em>, published in January 2016, made a number of recommendations for improving the service. A copy of the report is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 02/11/2017 13:00:41 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name Old_Problems_New_Solutions_CAAPC_Report_England.pdf title Report on psychiatric care
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

773537

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure mental health issues are addressed before patients reach a state where they need to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>On 4 October 2017, the Prime Minister announced an independent review of mental health legislation and practice to tackle the issue of mental health detention. The independent review will look at a range of issues, and central to this will be a consideration of why rates of detention are increasing and what can be done to reduce inappropriate detention and improve how different agencies respond to people in crisis. The review will make recommendations to Government in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that improved community mental health services need to be in place, to support people before their mental health deteriorates to the point they need to be detained under the Mental Health Act. Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams will therefore receive £400 million in additional funding by 2021, to ensure that they can offer a responsive service at all times of the day.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £247 million to 2021 in mental health support in hospital emergency departments, and police forces are working National Health Service partners to deliver street triage services to support people with immediate mental health needs. The Government has already introduced a waiting time standard to help ensure that people receive rapid access to Early Intervention in Psychosis services, and in August 2017, 75.3% of patients started treatment within two weeks of referral.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 October, the Government launched a new £15 million scheme, Beyond Places of Safety. This will seek to fund services in 2018/19 and 2019/20, including places of calm and crisis cafes, that offer support to people who are at risk of mental health crisis.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL2253 question first answered 02/11/2017 12:59:24 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

773538

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the link between good community mental health services and lower rates of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>On 4 October 2017, the Prime Minister announced an independent review of mental health legislation and practice to tackle the issue of mental health detention. The independent review will look at a range of issues, and central to this will be a consideration of why rates of detention are increasing and what can be done to reduce inappropriate detention and improve how different agencies respond to people in crisis. The review will make recommendations to Government in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that improved community mental health services need to be in place, to support people before their mental health deteriorates to the point they need to be detained under the Mental Health Act. Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams will therefore receive £400 million in additional funding by 2021, to ensure that they can offer a responsive service at all times of the day.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £247 million to 2021 in mental health support in hospital emergency departments, and police forces are working National Health Service partners to deliver street triage services to support people with immediate mental health needs. The Government has already introduced a waiting time standard to help ensure that people receive rapid access to Early Intervention in Psychosis services, and in August 2017, 75.3% of patients started treatment within two weeks of referral.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 October, the Government launched a new £15 million scheme, Beyond Places of Safety. This will seek to fund services in 2018/19 and 2019/20, including places of calm and crisis cafes, that offer support to people who are at risk of mental health crisis.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL2252 question first answered 02/11/2017 12:59:24 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe