Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new mental health staff have been recruited to the NHS since 1 July 2024.

Mental Health workforce data is published quarterly by NHS England as part of their NHS Workforce statistics, and is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics#past-publications