{"value":{"id":1542811,"askingMemberId":4504,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-11-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-11-22T00:00:00","uin":"88959","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of additional cost of living pressures in winter 2022-23 on (a) mental health and (b) mental health services.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4492,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-11-24T00:00:00","answerText":"

We are working across Government and with external partners to identify those who are most vulnerable to the impacts of increased cost of living and any further support which can be provided.

NHS England has allocated a further £1.5 billion to integrated care systems to address the rising costs of energy and inflation and integrated care boards will determine how this funding will be allocated to meet the needs of local populations. In addition, NHS England is providing an additional £10 million to support mental health services in winter 2022/23.

In September we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will increase access to National Health Service mental health and eating disorder services. Ensuring easier access to general practice will expand this route to access mental health services. Through the NHS Long Term Plan, we are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 to expand NHS mental health services.

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