Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) monitor and (b) publish waiting times for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention for the treatment of OCD within secondary care.

The NHS Long Term Plan commits an additional £2.3 billion a year for the expansion and transformation of mental health services in England by March 2024 so that an additional two million people, including people with Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can get the National Health Service funded mental health support that they need.

We expect services for people with OCD to be commissioned in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence‘s clinical guideline on OCD and body dysmorphic disorder: treatment [CG31]. The guidance includes advice on recognising, assessing, diagnosing and treating obsessive-compulsive disorder. It also aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

People with obsessive compulsive disorder may also be referred to NHS Talking Therapies services or a specialist mental health service for treatment. We are expanding access to NHS Talking Therapies.

Data on waiting times for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention for the treatment of OCD within secondary care are not available.