Gambling: Health Services
(asked on 15th November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he will make available for gambling addiction services.
In 2019, the NHS Long Term Plan committed up to £15 million allocated over five years until 2023/24 to support the creation of 15 specialist problem gambling clinics. The following table shows the National Health Service committed annual spend for problem gambling mental health support in each of these financial years.
2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
£1 million | £1 million | £3 million | £4 million | £6 million |
Source: NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24
The data on spending to tackle gambling addiction before 2019 is not held centrally.