Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of GP surgeries that offer appointments with a mental health nurse.

The information requested on the number of GP surgeries offering appointments with a mental health nurse is not held.

There are many roles within primary care multi-disciplinary teams that offer mental health support including community mental health nurses, mental health and wellbeing practitioners, applied psychologists and social prescribing link workers.