Jo Churchill corrected a written answer on Gambling: Health Services

6 April 2021 · Commons written answer · Department of Health and Social Care

Mr Richard Holden (Conservative, North West Durham) asked written question 93708 on 22 September 2020. Jo Churchill answered on 1 October 2020 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Jo Churchill corrected the answer on 6 April 2021. The figure £6 million in the original became £15 million in the correction. Altogether 7 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on increasing NHS support for people with gambling addiction.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to expand the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems. In addition to the existing National Problem Gambling Clinic in London, the National Health Service has committed to opening an additional 14 new problem gambling clinics by 2023/24. The NHS Northern Gambling Service in Leeds opened in 2019 and now has satellite sites in Manchester and Sunderland. The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan has committed to spending ~~a total of £6~~ million on gambling-related harms by 2023/24. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement are improving referral routes for mental health services in primary care, by focusing on the integration of services. The NHS continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS Long Term Plan commitments and timescales outlined above.	The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to expand the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems. In addition to the existing National Problem Gambling Clinic in London, the National Health Service has committed to opening an additional 14 new problem gambling clinics by 2023/24. The NHS Northern Gambling Service in Leeds opened in 2019 and now has satellite sites in Manchester and Sunderland. The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan has committed to spending up to £15 million on gambling-related harms by 2023/24. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement are improving referral routes for mental health services in primary care, by focusing on the integration of services. The NHS continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS Long Term Plan commitments and timescales outlined above.

Original

Corrected

The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to expand the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems.
In addition to the existing National Problem Gambling Clinic in London, the National Health Service has committed to opening an additional 14 new problem gambling clinics by 2023/24. The NHS Northern Gambling Service in Leeds opened in 2019 and now has satellite sites in Manchester and Sunderland. The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan has committed to spending ~~a total of £6~~ million on gambling-related harms by 2023/24.
As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement are improving referral routes for mental health services in primary care, by focusing on the integration of services.
The NHS continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS Long Term Plan commitments and timescales outlined above.

The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to expand the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems.
In addition to the existing National Problem Gambling Clinic in London, the National Health Service has committed to opening an additional 14 new problem gambling clinics by 2023/24. The NHS Northern Gambling Service in Leeds opened in 2019 and now has satellite sites in Manchester and Sunderland. The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan has committed to spending up to £15 million on gambling-related harms by 2023/24.
As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement are improving referral routes for mental health services in primary care, by focusing on the integration of services.
The NHS continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS Long Term Plan commitments and timescales outlined above.

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Date read	15 October 2026
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