Mental Health Services: Ambulance Services
(asked on 16th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 15 March by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Official Report column 326WH, what the time frame is for the roll out of up to 90 mental health ambulances: and in which regions these ambulances will be based.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 21st March 2023
The specialised National Health Service mental health ambulances will be delivered in a phased manner from late 2023/24 and into 2024/25, split almost evenly across financial years. All regions except one have bid for and will receive mental health ambulances.