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Progress Improving Mental Health Services

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Feb 2023 Closed: 24 Sep 2023 2 recommendations 25 conclusions 1 report

The NHS has a long-standing ambition to close the gap between mental and physical health services. Since 2014 it has implemented various initiatives, including the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and the NHS Long Term Plan. Based on the NAO investigation into progress improving mental health services , the Committee will question senior …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixty-Fifth Report - Progress in improving NHS mental healt… HC 1000 21 Jul 2023 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
15 Conclusion Sixty-Fifth Report - Progress in improv… Deferred

Eating disorder waiting time standards unmet, while mental health standards remain too limited

We are concerned about the NHS still not meeting the eating disorder service standards, and how long young people suffering from eating disorders have to wait for treatment. NHSE explained to us that this is because it took time for the NHS to develop the services including infrastructure and workforce, …

Government response. The government acknowledges existing waiting time standards for specific services and states its aim to publish data for mental health community waiting times by the end of the financial year. After collecting robust baseline data, work will begin to analyze …
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Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
20 Apr 2023 Amanda Pritchard · NHS England, Claire Murdoch · NHS England, Matthew Style · Department of Health and Social Care, Professor Sir Stephen Powis · NHS England, Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗
17 Apr 2023 Andy Bell · Centre for Mental Health, Chris Dzikiti · Care Quality Commission, Peter Devlin · Essex County Council, Victoria Tzortziou-Brown · Royal College of GPs View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
15 May 2023 — Public Accounts Committee session on progress in improving mental health servic…