Mental Health Services: Refugees

(asked on 15th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of capacity in (a) child and (b) adult mental health services to treat Ukrainian refugees dealing with trauma.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2022

Ukrainian refugees will be guaranteed free access to National Health Service healthcare, including mental health services and registration with a general practitioner. Arrivals will be signposted to services including 24 hours a day, seven days a week mental health helplines and information on accessing talking therapies.

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