{"value":{"id":1722012,"askingMemberId":4368,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-07-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-07-22T00:00:00","uin":"613","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward proposals to update and improve mental healthcare.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4359,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-07-30T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Our plans to update and improve mental healthcare will be shared in due course.</p><p>The King’s speech confirmed our intention to bring forward a Mental Health Bill to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect throughout treatment.</p><p>We will also recruit 8,500 additional staff across children and adult mental health services and introduce a specialist mental health professional in every school.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Mental Health Services","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1722012","method":"GET"}]}