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Mental Health Bill Reform

The Department of Health and Social Care is reforming mental health policy to address waiting times for psychological therapy, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), and eating disorder support, while assessing the impact of changes to the Mental Health Investment Standard on service access and funding for PTSD services. The reform is active and focused on improving NHS mental health provision and reducing treatment delays.

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14 Nov 2025 | Government response linked

We were shocked and appalled to hear that prisons are used as a place of safety. We acknowledge and welcome that the Government aims to end this practice in the Mental Health Bill. We request details of how this will work in practice and when this will be implemented. (Conclusion, Paragraph 110)

We were shocked and appalled to hear that prisons are used as a place of safety. We acknowledge and welcome that the Government aims to end this practice in the Mental Health Bill. We request details of how this will …

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29 Sep 2021 | Government response linked

The NHS should review its mental health services specification so that mental health screening is always carried out by a competent mental health professional with experience of the criminal justice system.

The NHS should review its mental health services specification so that mental health screening is always carried out by a competent mental health professional with experience of the criminal justice system. Type: recommendation | Number: 12 | Paragraph: 53 | …

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29 Sep 2021 | Government response linked

The Ministry of Justice should work with the Department for Health and Social Care and the NHS to increase immediately the availability of mental health inpatient beds for prisoners from those prisons that have the most difficulty transferring prisoners within the time limit, including for those who are considered by some of those involved to have ‘untreatable’ conditions.

The Ministry of Justice should work with the Department for Health and Social Care and the NHS to increase immediately the availability of mental health inpatient beds for prisoners from those prisons that have the most difficulty transferring prisoners within …

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