Monday 16th October 2017

(6 years, 7 months ago)

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The following are extracts from questions to the Secretary of State for Health on 10 October 2017.
Stephen McPartland Portrait Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con)
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1. What recent steps he has taken to increase the size of the mental health workforce.

Jeremy Hunt Portrait The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt)
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Today is World Mental Health Day and the whole House will want to congratulate Time2Change on its 10th anniversary and the remarkable change in attitudes towards mental illness that it has helped to bring about. Our mental health workforce has increased by 30,000 since 2010 and another 21,000 posts are planned.