Mental health
Access to mental health support, services for children and young people, neurodevelopmental assessments and suicide prevention.
In the Programme for Government this sits under the well-being objective Building a health and care service fit for the future, and cutting waiting lists.
- Statements and debates
- 1
- Contributions
- 175
- Written questions
- 19
- Commitments raised
- 1 of 1
175 contributions in the Seventh Senedd touched on this. The busiest month was Sept 2026, with 50.
- Plaid53%
- Reform20%
- Labour15%
- Conservative8%
- Lib Dem3%
- Green1%
On this page
- The debate so far
- Where things stand
- What the government has promised
- From the Welsh Government
- Key moments in the Senedd
- Related votes
- Who raises it
- Who ministers have met
- Declared interests
- Written questions
- Petitions
- In committee
- From Senedd Research
- Latest contributions
- Month by month
- How this brief is put together
The debate so far
In the Seventh Senedd, mental health has come up mostly in statements, questions and committee sessions. Deputy Minister Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) set out plans for same-day access, suicide prevention and neurodivergent support. Reform UK Members pressed on waiting times and suicide. Members from other parties raised children's services, farmers, neurodivergence and perinatal care.
The main arguments
- Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) said she will oversee a move to open-access, same-day mental health support. NHS Wales Performance and Improvement is developing a clinical plan, and she will review progress in September.
