Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 13 December 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £936 million funding for health facilities announced on 27 November is in addition to the £20.5 billion of funding for the NHS announced on 18 June 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £936 million in additional funding announced on 7 December 2018 will be allocated to mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £936 million in additional funding for health facilities announced on 7 December 2018 will be allocated to mental health services in Liverpool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £936 million in additional funding for health facilities announced on 7 December 2018 will be allocated to children and young people's mental health services.
The £963 million capital investment in sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) announced on 7 December 2018 is part of £2.9 billion capital funding made available to the National Health Service by the Government from 2017-18 to 2022-23 to modernise facilities and improve patient care. It is separate from the £20.5 billion revenue funding increase for the NHS announced on 18 June 2018.
The 75 successful STP schemes announced included 13 mental health/learning disability schemes with a total value of £208 million. This is 22% of the overall £963 million funding made available.
One of those 13 schemes is in Liverpool with £6.961 million awarded for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust for a 12 Bedded Tier 4 unit. This is for a purpose build facility to provide a North West centre of excellence for CAMHS inpatient services, supporting children with the most complex needs in the area.
A second CAMHS scheme worth £2.807 million was awarded to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for re-provision of current CAMHS Tier 4 inpatient provision at a new site. In total therefore £9.768 million has been awarded for CAMHS facilities. This is in addition to almost £44 million for 10 CAMHS schemes announced in previous rounds.
Improving mental health is at the heart of this Government’s agenda and this investment is another step in our ambition to achieve greater parity between physical and mental health care.
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