| Heading: |
Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis |
| Question ID: |
1791898 |
| UIN: |
43798 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5318 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Olly Glover
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Olly Glover
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the average time taken to diagnose bipolar disorder in line with early intervention targets for other conditions |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
We recognise that there can often be a long time taken to diagnose bipolar disorder because of under-reporting, the episodic nature of the condition, and the prevalence of comorbid conditions in individuals.We are committed to increasing access to communi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |