Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the devolved institutions on the potential merits of including policies on the sharing of information on mental health matters in the Major Conditions Strategy.

Mental Health is one of the six groups of conditions that are within the scope of the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy (MCS).

We have heard from a wide range of stakeholders, citizens and the National Health Service and their views are informing the development of the Strategy. This includes engagement at official level with the devolved governments which will continue throughout the process. There are no plans to hold separate discussions specifically on sharing of information on mental health in the context of the MCS.