Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health is given the same priority in the Major Conditions Strategy as in the proposed ten-year mental health plan.

The Strategy will cover prevention to treatment for all six conditions and we are working with stakeholders to identify actions that will have the most impact.

Mental ill health will be a significant element of the new Strategy. By bringing mental ill health and other conditions strategies together, we will be able to focus on where there are similarities in approach and ensure care is better centered around the patient.