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Rural mental health

Status: Closed Opened: 16 Nov 2021 Closed: 9 Nov 2023 21 recommendations 10 conclusions 1 report

Improving the quality of mental health provision has been an increasing priority for the Government and the NHS in recent years. The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019 sets out the NHS’s aim to advancing mental health equalities, and commits it to providing an additional 380,000 people per year with access to …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - Rural Mental Health HC 248 18 May 2023 31 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
20 Recommendation Fourth Report - Rural Mental Health Not Addressed

Provide detailed statement on NHS funding allocation formula for rural mental health needs.

We welcome the Government’s commitment to provide more funding for mental health and to ensure local mental health spending increases by the same proportion as overall increases in local health funding. Despite this, we are concerned by the possibility that the system used by NHS England to allocate funding fundamentally …

Government response. The government described how NHS England's weighted capitation formula for Integrated Care Systems already accounts for rural area costs, by factoring in population age, supply-induced demand, distance of services, and ambulance response times. However, it did not provide the detailed …
30 Recommendation Fourth Report - Rural Mental Health Not Addressed

Require Government to detail rural proofing, funding, transport, and digital health access plans.

We recommend that: a) the Government set out how rural proofing has been applied to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill; and work with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to rural proof the Levelling-Up metrics to ensure progress in rural areas is measured effectively b) DEFRA and HM Treasury set …

Government response. The government states it already has extensive rural-proofing mechanisms and publishes annual reports, and describes existing digital therapy options. The Department for Transport will publish its Future of Transport Rural Strategy soon and will look for opportunities to work with …

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
12 Jul 2022 Claire Murdoch · NHS England, Gillian Keegan · Department of Health and Social Care, Jonathan Baker · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon The Lord Benyon · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Samantha Allen · North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, Zoe Seager · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗
21 Jun 2022 Dr Jaspreet Phull · Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Tim Sanders · Royal College of General Practitioners, Jacqui Morrissey · Samaritans, Kate Miles · DPJ Foundation, Professor Jim McManus · Hertfordshire County Council, Sarah Connery · Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust View ↗
24 May 2022 Carol Stockman · Cotswolds Community Wellbeing Service, Danny Hutchinson · Invictus Wellbeing, Edward Richardson · Farm Cornwall, Janette Smeeton · Derwent Rural Counselling Service, Mrs Melinda Raker · You Are Not Alone, Stephen Dodsworth · Darlington Farmers Auction Mart, Trudy Herniman · Farmerados View ↗
26 Apr 2022 Alicia Chivers · Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, Barbara Piranty · Gloucestershire Rural Community Council, Dan Mobbs · Mancroft Advice Project, Dr Jude McCann · Farming Community Network, Dr Rosie Allister · Vetlife, James Russell · British Veterinary Association, Karen Black · Off the Record Bristol, Melanie Costas · Rural Mental Health Matters View ↗
15 Mar 2022 Dr David Rose · University of Reading, Dr Rebecca Wheeler · Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR), University of Exeter, Rachel Hutchings · Nuffield Trust, Sarah Hughes · Centre for Mental Health View ↗