Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of NHS GP appointments that have arisen due to mental health conditions in each of the past five years.

NHS England releases monthly statistics on general practice (GP) appointments. However, this data does not identify specific conditions addressed during individual GP appointments. Additionally, while GP clinical systems can collect and code information on conditions being treated, this information is for local management and is not shared centrally

Consequently, it is not possible to determine what proportion of National Health Service GP appointments relate to mental health conditions, or to any other specific conditions.