Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

(asked on 16th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional mental health support has been provided during the covid-19 outbreak; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have accessed that support.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 29th July 2020

National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and we have provided tailored guidance to help people deal with their mental health and wellbeing on GOV.UK and the Every Mind Matters website.

We have also provided additional funding of £5 million for mental health charities to support adults and children struggling with their mental wellbeing during this time as well as a further £4.2 million, as part of the Government’s United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector.

No estimate has been made of the number of people who have accessed this support. NHS Digital publishes monthly data on the number people who have been in contact with mental health services and the number of referrals to mental health services. Reports can be found at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/mental-health-data-hub/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics

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