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 prescription drug-related mental health disorders among the elderly.

Local authorities and the National Health Service should work together to assess local needs and commission services to treat and support people who have co-occurring drug and mental health problems.

Public Health England (PHE) works with local authorities, supporting the needs assessment and commissioning process, with data, guidance and other tools. These can be seen on the PHE Fingertips sites at the following links:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/profile/drugsandmentalhealth

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles