Mental Health Services

(asked on 22nd October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision he is making for people who wish to have face-to-face appointments in order to discuss mental health issues with healthcare professionals.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 3rd November 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Health Service has been clear on the importance of maintaining face to face care for those patients who need it, and of patient choice in determining suitability for digital appointments.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have asked all general practices to ensure they have clearly communicated that face-to-face appointments continue to be on offer, where clinically appropriate. This is in addition to video and phone consultations.

In secondary care, mental health services are working to accelerate the return to near-normal levels of non-coronavirus health services, subject to local circumstances and capacity. This includes the full resumption of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services delivered digitally, over the phone and face to face where appropriate.

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