Mental Health Services: Refugees

(asked on 16th 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 mental health support his Department plans to provide for refugees entering the UK from Ukraine.


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

NHS England and NHS Improvement are reviewing the implications of the Ukraine crisis in order to meet the needs of Ukrainian refugees and the diaspora in England. Those who are granted asylum, temporary protection or humanitarian protection under the Immigration Rules of section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971 is recognised as a refugee and able to access all health care services, including mental health care services, and are exempt from charges.

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