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HSCC’s expert panel mental health evaluation: government response

The government's response to the HSCC’s expert panel evaluation on the government's progress on commitments in mental health services in England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 17 March 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

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The government’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s expert panel evaluation: the government’s progress against its policy commitment in the area of mental health services in England

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This is the government’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s (HSCC) expert panel report published on 9 December 2021: Evaluation of the government’s progress against its policy commitments in the area of mental health services in England.

The expert panel evaluated the government’s commitments on mental health services in the following areas:

• workforce
• children and young people’s mental health
• adult common mental illness
• adult severe mental illness

They rated the government’s progress against each of these commitments using a Care Quality Commission-style rating.

The government welcomes this report and is considering the panel’s findings carefully as part of ongoing policy development.

The HSCC’s inquiry into children and young people’s mental health

The HSCC also began an inquiry into children and young people’s mental health in 2021. The HSCC published its report on 9 December and made 25 recommendations.

See the government’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: Children and young people’s mental health.

Published 17 March 2022