Drug-related Mental and Behavioural Disorder Hospital Admissions Debate
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Baroness Penn (Con)
My Lords, the noble Baroness is absolutely right that we need to do more in this area and that Covid has made it harder. That is one reason why the Government have announced an additional £500 million for 2021-22 to support NHS mental health services to recover from the pandemic, address wait times and invest in the NHS workforce.
Baroness Janke (LD) [V]
What plans do the Government have to address the shortfall in supported housing for vulnerable people, such as recovering drug and alcohol users and people with mental health issues?
Baroness Penn (Con)
My Lords, the Government are committed to putting more funding into both the provision of more affordable housing and more social housing, which will help to address these issues.