Brain: Diseases
(asked on 7th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 137735 on Brain: Diseases, if he will hold discussions with mental health trusts on whether they are excluding patients in need of community mental health care because they have organic brain disorders.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Department has no plans to hold discussions with mental health trusts on this issue.
NHS England has advised that it is not aware of any mental health trusts excluding patients in need of community mental health care because they have organic brain disorders. Trusts should operate according to clinical need. Mental health services should not be a first port of call for someone with an organic brain disease. However, if an individual with organic brain disease develops mental health issues, or has existing mental health issues, there should be no reason to exclude them from mental health services.