Lord Porter of Spalding – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Porter of Spalding on 2016-10-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in creating parity of esteem between mental and physical health and how they are currently measuring this.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Government is committed to achieving parity of esteem for mental and physical health. The Government welcomed the publication of The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and Future in Mind: Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing to transform mental health services by 2020, which is a significant step forward in achieving parity of esteem between mental and physical health. We continue to work with NHS England and other arm’s length bodies to embed the recommendations set out in these reports into our national policies and we are committed to reporting regularly and transparently on our progress. Copies of both reports are attached.

We will be holding NHS England to account through the NHS Mandate to ensure that we deliver the commitments set out in these reports.