Gambling: Clinics
(asked on 22nd January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding the Government has provided to support the expansion of the problem gambling clinic network from two services to 14 services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.
The NHS Long Term Plan announced the creation of 15 new specialist problem gambling clinics with up to £15 million of funding allocated over five years until 2023/24. The following table shows the committed annual spend for problem gambling mental health support.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Total annual funding (£ million) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Source: NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24