Care Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting Times Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting Times

Lord Bishop of Leicester Excerpts
Thursday 8th May 2025

(2 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Merron Portrait Baroness Merron (Lab)
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As the noble Lord is aware, I regard the contribution of the community sector—the third sector—as absolutely crucial here. I personally work very closely, like the department more generally, both to improve our practice and to recognise the difference that the creative arts, for example, can add to people’s mental well-being, as the noble Lord says.

Lord Bishop of Leicester Portrait The Lord Bishop of Leicester
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My Lords, in my own city of Leicester, some excellent work is being done with minority-ethnic communities in particular to help with access to mental health services. Nevertheless, significant inequalities remain. What more is being done to address those inequalities, particularly as they relate to people whose first language is not English?