Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2016 to Question 113128 on Mental Health Services, if he will publish the date for the planned publication of the delayed mental health pathways.

NHS England has not confirmed for the date for publication of the mental health pathways as a number of the pathways are still being reviewed.

While much of the content has been finalised across the pathways, further review is ongoing to ensure alignment with the wider Five Year Forward View strategy, thereby ensuring that the pathways provide the most helpful guidance to both commissioners and providers.