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Written question asked by Paula Barker (Labour) on Monday, 22 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2026 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 30 June 2026. A substantive answer was provided by Alison McGovern (Labour) on Monday, 24 August 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Mental Health Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has made of trends in levels of completion of courses of NHS Talking Therapies treatment in (i) England and (ii) the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area.

Answer

NHS Talking Therapies continues to expand to deliver additional courses of treatment and increase session numbers to boost recovery. In 2024/25, 670,419 referrals completed course of treatment across England. For 2025/26, this figure was 671,262. However, this figure is based on performance data and will be updated when the annual publication is published in September. We are working towards the expectation that a total of 915,000 people will have completed treatment by 2028/29.

Over the last two years, 2024/25 and 2025/26, the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board’s performance on the delivery of NHS Talking Therapies Courses of Treatment for the year to date has improved from 2024/25, with the system delivering above plans in 2025/26. For the full year 2025/26, 31,965 people completed a course of treatment, compared with 30,350 in 2024/25.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11769
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Mental health services NHS Cheshire and Merseyside
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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