Mental Health

Part of 4. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:15 pm on 1 July 2020.

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Photo of Paul Davies Paul Davies Conservative 1:15, 1 July 2020

Minister, Mind Cymru has recently published a report into how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted our mental health, which shows that many people do not feel entitled to seek help and have difficulty accessing it when they do. Now, the report showed that one in three adults and more than one in four young people didn't access support during lockdown because they didn't think that they deserved that support.

Can you therefore tell us how much funding the Welsh Government has specifically made available during the pandemic to communicate to people across Wales about the importance of mental health, and to encourage them to seek support if they are struggling? And, what discussions have you had with the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding this matter in order to make sure that people who are in need of financial support receive the support that they actually need?