Mental Health Services

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 7 June 2022.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:23, 7 June 2022

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Well, we already have a system, Llywydd. When we look into what's going on in any health board, three bodies come together to provide advice to the Minister, and they can provide advice on all of the boards or they can say that we need to provide support for any board working in any area or any part of the health service. I haven't seen anything from the people coming together to advise us to do what Heledd Fychan is suggesting.

As I said, Llywydd, in the original answer, we as a Government provide more funding, as well as everything else the board gets, and the funding they get for their mental health service—£3.3 million in this year, and in the next year, and in the year after that as well—to invest in better mental health provision. By doing that, of course we will be looking to the board to do more and to develop services in the community that help people with mental health problems and to help them to do everything they need to do in their everyday lives without the need to have more services within hospitals.