questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of additional mental health professionals required to deliver the proposed Mental Health Strategy for England; how he plans to improve recruitment and retention across psychiatry, mental health nursing and psychological therapies; and whether he plans to further expand training places.
answerText: The Government has already made significant progress in strengthening the mental health workforce, including by delivering our commitment to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health staff three years ahead of schedule, which will help to ease pressure on...
heading: Mental Health Services