A question on #MentalHealthServices #WaitingLists tabled by Sojan Joseph on 13-03-2025 has been answered by Stephen Kinnock.

Heading: Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
Question ID: 1784645
UIN: 38336
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-13
Asking Member ID: 5247
Asking Member display name: Sojan Joseph
Asking Member handle: sojanuk
Asking Member Twitter reference: @sojanuk
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of adults with severe mental illness who are currently waiting for treatment from community mental health services; and what steps he is taking to reduce wai
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Date of holding answer: 2025-03-19
Date answered: 2025-04-02
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4359
Answering Member display name: Stephen Kinnock
Answering Member handle: skinnock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @skinnock
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Answer text: As of 31 January 2025, there were 188,009 people with 211,891 referrals waiting for treatment from community mental health services. Treatment has been defined as receiving a second care contact, where the person attended the care contact and was spoken t...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true