Mental Health Services: Ethnic Groups

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 11 November 2021.

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Photo of Daniel Poulter Daniel Poulter Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted mental health support his Department provides for the Eritrean community in the UK.

Photo of Daniel Poulter Daniel Poulter Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support is available for people experiencing trauma who have emigrated to the UK from Eritrea.

Photo of Gillian Keegan Gillian Keegan Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Whilst there is no targeted support nationally for any one nationality, such as Eritreans, or ethnic groups, the Government is committed to ensuring mental health support, including support for people experiencing trauma, can be accessed by all who need it. We are working closely with National Health Service (NHS) mental health commissioners, providers, and local authorities to improve the ways in which such patients engage with and experience support for their mental health.

The Department is committed through the NHS Long Term Plan to invest at least an additional £2.3 billion of a year into expanding and transforming mental health services by 2023-24. The Plan also outlines ways to address inequalities in access and outcomes for groups with protected characteristics including ethnicity as outlined in the Advancing mental Health strategy published by NHS England and NHS Improvement, and is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/advancing-mental-health-equalities-strategy/.

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