Mental Health

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 25 January 2016.

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Photo of Nicky Morgan Nicky Morgan Minister for Women and Equalities, The Secretary of State for Education 2:30, 25 January 2016

I read with interest the Health Committee report in the last Parliament, and I and the Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend Mr Gyimah, have regular conversations with our colleagues in the Department of Health and across Government on this issue. Early insights from the local transformation plans, which my hon. Friend Dr Wollaston will know about, indicate that some areas are already running their own activities to decrease stigma and discrimination, or are planning to do so. Sadly, there remains discrimination against the prioritisation of mental health services even within some parts of the NHS. We have to change that.