MPs continue inquiry into community mental health services
The Health and Social Care Committee will next week take evidence from lived experience witnesses, health professionals and senior officials from NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Boards, as it continues its inquiry examining the provision of community mental health services (CMHS) for adults with severe mental health needs.
Meeting details
The second evidence session of the inquiry will see the Committee examine the integration between community mental health services and primary care. Committee members are likely to ask how community mental health teams could work more effectively with colleagues in primary care and what more could be done to achieve more person-centred services.
MPs will also be asking whether the 2019 Community Mental Health Framework has aided integration, and examine what policy interventions the Government and NHSE should prioritise, to drive improvements in access to care across the country.
In Wednesday’s session, the Committee will also question witnesses about the funding of mental health services, including the future of the mental health investment standard.