The Secretary of State will know that prevention is better than cure. He spoke about parity of esteem for mental health services. I wrote to him last year about a teenager who was threatening to commit suicide. He had been given a counselling appointment through his GP four weeks ahead, even though the kid was saying that he was going to kill himself that day. What will the Secretary of State do about improving counselling services to stop young people wanting to take their life because their appointment is many months away?
Health and Social Care
Proceeding contribution from
Steve Rotheram
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 June 2015.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Health and Social Care.
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