Mental Health Services: Northern Ireland
(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what the Barnett consequentials for Norther Ireland are of the additional funding for mental health services.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Barnett consequentials of the funding settlement underpinning the development of the NHS Long Term Plan were set out on 18 June 2018 in a press release on the subject, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan
Funding to be spent on mental health is not identified separately. It would be for NHS England and each devolved administration to make their own decisions on funding for mental health services.