Mental Health

Answer: It is already clear that we will need to continue to increase the number of clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals, as we have done over the past 10 years. We have already established demonstration sites in Newham and Doncaster, and the early results in Newham show that one in three patients are improving their employment prospects as a result of psychological therapies. That gives us real heart that continuing to build up the service—as we have promised to do and as we will do—will bring enormous benefits to patients, their families and the wider community.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Tuesday, 26 June 2007 by John Bercow (Conservative).

Question: What estimate has the right hon. Lady made of the level of the shortfall in the number of trained and qualified psychologists?

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