Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Berger (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 57 members in total.

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FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH

That this House welcomes the extra media coverage afforded to mental health as a result of World Mental Health Day; notes the findings of the independent Mental Health Taskforce that called for extra spending to tackle the chronic underfunding of services and committed the NHS to a major transformation of mental health care; recognises the centrality of an engaged, supported and well-trained workforce in delivering this transformation; supports ongoing efforts to make parity of esteem between mental and physical health care a reality across the NHS; further notes that extra funding has been provided this year to help improve mental health services, particularly for children and younger people; expresses concern therefore that many areas appear to be cutting back spending on mental health in the current financial year; and calls on the Government to ensure that, at a time when NHS finances are extremely tight, the extra funding reaches the services and patients it is intended for.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

597 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Dan Poulter

Norman Lamb

Gloria De Piero

Michael Dugher

Philippa Whitford

Subjects

Health services Mental health

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk