Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 20 November 2017 to Question 113128 on Mental Health Services, how times he has met with NHS England officials to review the draft pathways since 20 November 2017.

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has regular meetings with officials from NHS England and other arm’s length bodies on the implementation of Five Year Forward View for Mental Health (FYFVMH) commitments. These discussions are varied and focus on the range of commitments made within the FYFVMH, including the commitments around implementation of new mental health pathways of care.