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Debate between Tobias Ellwood and Alberto Costa
Monday 20th May 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alberto Costa Portrait Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire) (Con)
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What assessment has the Minister made of the mental health care services for veterans available in South Leicestershire and the wider east midlands?

Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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Part of the purpose of Mental Health Awareness Week was to raise awareness of where veterans can seek help. As I touched on earlier, every regional NHS authority must have a transition, intervention and liaison service programme in place. What we need to do better is communicating that to our veterans so that when they are down in a very dark place they know where help can be found. We are working with the charities on that to make sure we can further improve the communication.