Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the potential impact of isolation on mental health in rural areas and (b) provide appropriate mental health support for residents in such areas.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 6th September 2023
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee recently published a report setting out recommendations to the government regarding rural mental health. The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs towards responding to this report, and this will be published in due course.