General Practitioners: Mental Health Services

(asked on 20th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of GP appointments relating to mental health concerns result in a formal diagnosis, clinical treatment or a referral; and how that proportion has changed over the past five years.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 26th January 2026

No such assessment has been made regarding the proportion of general practice appointments relating to mental health concerns resulting in a formal diagnosis, clinical treatment, or a referral.

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