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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the views of service users are taken into account in the design of mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the views of service users are taken into account in the design of mental health services.
The Government recognises that the views of service users and people with lived experience are essential to the design and delivery of mental health services.
We are committed to working closely with experts by experience to ensure their perspectives are at the heart of our work. This includes shaping our new cross Government mental health strategy for England, which is being informed by a Call for Evidence, alongside targeted engagement on key policy topics, and meaningful engagement with people with lived experience.
As part of this wider programme of reform, the Severe Mental Illness Modern Service Framework is helping to put these principles into practice. We have established a third co-chair, Jo Lomani, a national mental health co-production lead and expert by lived and living experience. Jo has been brought on board to support the implementation of our lived-experience involvement and co-production strategy on the modern service framework, helping to ensure that people who use mental health services stay at the centre of everything we do.
More broadly, we are putting patient feedback and outcomes front and centre of mental health services, improving transparency and using people’s experiences to drive improvements in quality, safety and accountability.
Our reforms also support co production and person centred care, ensuring that people with lived experience are directly involved in the design and delivery of services. For example, community based models such as mental health centres and neighbourhood approaches bring together National Health Service, local authority, and voluntary sector partners, embedding collaboration with people with lived experience and local communities in service design and delivery.
On behalf of the Health and Social Care Committee, it is a pleasure to present to the House our report on the subject of community mental health services. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this statement.
Mental health services are failing too many people. As MPs, we...
On behalf of the Health and Social Care Committee, it is a pleasure to present to the House our report on the subject of community mental health services. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this statement.
Mental health services are failing too many people. As MPs, we...
I thank the hon. Member for her chairship of the Health and Social Care Committee during this inquiry. As someone who has bipolar disorder, it was a really difficult experience to sit through at times, as I watched witness after witness after witness speak to what is very much my...
I thank the hon. Member for her chairship of the Health and Social Care Committee during this inquiry. As someone who has bipolar disorder, it was a really difficult experience to sit through at times, as I watched witness after witness after witness speak to what is very much my...
I pay tribute to the hon. Lady, my fellow Health and Social Care Committee member, for how movingly she shared her personal story. That was pivotal in the shaping of this report. She has just demonstrated to this House the power of having experts by experience lie at the heart...
I pay tribute to the hon. Lady, my fellow Health and Social Care Committee member, for how movingly she shared her personal story. That was pivotal in the shaping of this report. She has just demonstrated to this House the power of having experts by experience lie at the heart...
Statement on the publication of the seventh report of the Health and Social Care Committee, Community mental health services: commentary on the Government response to the Committee's fourth report of the session 2024-26, (HC 1769).
Statement on the publication of the seventh report of the Health and Social Care Committee, Community mental health services: commentary on the Government response to the Committee's fourth report of the session 2024-26, (HC 1769).
So many mental health problems could be cared for much better in the community. As the chair of the eating disorders all-party parliamentary group, I know that some years ago we had an inquiry called “There’s No Place Like Home”. That was supported by Beat, which put out a report...
So many mental health problems could be cared for much better in the community. As the chair of the eating disorders all-party parliamentary group, I know that some years ago we had an inquiry called “There’s No Place Like Home”. That was supported by Beat, which put out a report...
My hon. Friend has been a doughty campaigner on eating disorders for many, many years. We did not look specifically at eating disorders, but I know that some of the centres have that embedded. We know very well that if we are going to take a holistic approach to someone...
My hon. Friend has been a doughty campaigner on eating disorders for many, many years. We did not look specifically at eating disorders, but I know that some of the centres have that embedded. We know very well that if we are going to take a holistic approach to someone...
On a similar note, does the Committee Chair agree that the long delays in assessing people for neurodivergence is contributing to greater mental ill health? While people are waiting, they are not being properly supported and do not feel that they have the necessary understanding of themselves to be able...
On a similar note, does the Committee Chair agree that the long delays in assessing people for neurodivergence is contributing to greater mental ill health? While people are waiting, they are not being properly supported and do not feel that they have the necessary understanding of themselves to be able...
We did a one-off report on that issue, in fact. It was not in this report, but we have looked at it. One of the key things here is good, local working with the wider community, which echoes some of what we have seen in this report. I know that...
We did a one-off report on that issue, in fact. It was not in this report, but we have looked at it. One of the key things here is good, local working with the wider community, which echoes some of what we have seen in this report. I know that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of introducing statutory regulation for counsellors and psychotherapists on patient safety and public protection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of introducing statutory regulation for counsellors and psychotherapists on patient safety and public protection.
The Government is clear that the professions protected in law must be the right ones and that the level of regulatory oversight must be proportionate to the risks to the public.
The Department has no current plans to extend statutory regulation to counsellors and psychotherapists, nor to introduce minimum standards of training and accountability required of individuals providing counselling and psychotherapy services. Any decisions about practice requirements are a matter for employers.
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care’s voluntary registers programme provides a proportionate means of assurance for unregulated professions, that sits between employer controls and statutory regulation by setting standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for unregulated health and social care occupations. There are currently 10 organisations that hold an accredited register linked to the counselling and psychotherapy professions on the Professional Standards Authority’s website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safeguards to protect mental health facility staff from patient assaults and subsequent follow-up procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safeguards to protect mental health facility staff from patient assaults and subsequent follow-up procedures.
Everyone working in the National Health Service has a fundamental right to be safe at work. Violence rates in mental health settings are lower than the national average. Individual employers put in place a robust range of measures, including, security, training, and emotional support for staff that are affected by violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce additional safeguards for patients assessed as being at higher risk of harm following discharge from mental health inpatient wards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce additional safeguards for patients assessed as being at higher risk of harm following discharge from mental health inpatient wards.
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 to the quality of pre and post-discharge care and safety planning and support. NHS England routinely monitors performance against this target at an integrated care board (ICB) level, which is subject to the same quality and performance oversight as other national targets.
This expectation is reinforced through national statutory guidance on Discharge from mental health inpatient settings, and data on performance is also published on a monthly basis, with 75% of discharges in October 2025 meeting the ambition. Over 40% of ICBs met or exceeded the target in October 2025. Further information on the Discharge from mental health inpatient settings guidance and the monthly data is available respectively, at the following two links:
The timeliness of follow-up support is linked to the capacity of community teams and pathways between inpatient and community services which vary across the country. Mental health services are facing significant pressures with more people being seen than ever before. Ongoing improvements in community mental healthcare and work to localise and realign inpatient mental health care within ICBs is expected to improve the national picture.
While the central metric of the new standard focuses on the timeliness of follow up, the overarching expectation is that this will incentivise focus on overall quality of discharge planning and support. This is expected to have a direct impact on patient experience as well as outcomes. The Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 includes the expectation that plans should be set out for the consistent and systematic use of the mental health Urgent and Emergency Care Action Cards in all relevant settings, namely acute settings, and delivery of the 10 high-impact actions for mental health discharges to support flow through all mental health, including child and adolescent mental health, and learning disability and autism pathways. Further information on the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 and mental health discharges is available, respectively, at the following two links:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/urgent-and-emergency-care-plan-2025-26/
Letter dated 19/12/2025 from Baroness Merron to Peers regarding clarification of a response to a question about the link between financial distress in NHS mental health trusts and patient safety, as raised during a question on Goodmayes Hospital Mental Health Facility. 1p.
Letter dated 19/12/2025 from Baroness Merron to Peers regarding clarification of a response to a question about the link between financial distress in NHS mental health trusts and patient safety, as raised during a question on Goodmayes Hospital Mental Health Facility. 1p.
This briefing provides an overview of the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England, published in July 2025. It also includes a summary of some of the key stakeholder responses and analysis, and updates on implementation.
This briefing provides an overview of the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England, published in July 2025. It also includes a summary of some of the key stakeholder responses and analysis, and updates on implementation.
I beg to move,
That this House has considered healthcare in Bolton.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I declare an interest as a member of the Women and Equalities Committee. Improving the quality of healthcare is a cause close to my heart, and I am pleased...
I beg to move,
That this House has considered healthcare in Bolton.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I declare an interest as a member of the Women and Equalities Committee. Improving the quality of healthcare is a cause close to my heart, and I am pleased...
I commend the hon. Member for Bolton North East (Kirith Entwistle) for securing the debate. Whether it be Bolton or Ballywalter, healthcare problems are the same for every one of us. The result of these issues is a lack of confidence in the system, which is harmful in itself. If...
I commend the hon. Member for Bolton North East (Kirith Entwistle) for securing the debate. Whether it be Bolton or Ballywalter, healthcare problems are the same for every one of us. The result of these issues is a lack of confidence in the system, which is harmful in itself. If...
I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I will come on to GP surgeries in more detail.
None of this is from a lack of effort. Our GPs and practice teams are working flat out. What is needed is joined-up care with real accountability. When a discharge is planned, the...
I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I will come on to GP surgeries in more detail.
None of this is from a lack of effort. Our GPs and practice teams are working flat out. What is needed is joined-up care with real accountability. When a discharge is planned, the...