Mental health

1 commitment in the Welsh Government's Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 falls under this brief, in the Programme's own words. Under it is how often it has been raised in the Seventh Senedd.

Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

No Plenary statements or debates on this brief in the Seventh Senedd yet.

No votes in the Seventh Senedd have been tagged with this.

Votes are tagged from their own titles and the agenda item they were held under.

19 written questions to the Welsh Government on this brief in the Seventh Senedd, 5 answered so far. The latest:

1. Lynne NeagleLabour19 October 2026

   What action is the Welsh Government taking to prevent men dying by suicide?

   To the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care. Awaiting an answer

2. Jane DoddsLib Dem16 October 2026

   Will the Welsh Government set out how the quality statement for mental health is being implemented to ensure that people with a neurological diagnosis, including Huntington’s disease, can access mental health services?

   To the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care. Awaiting an answer

3. Sera EvansPlaid14 October 2026

   What plans does the Welsh Government have to introduce minimum waiting-time standards for autism assessments, similar to those already in place in parts of England?

   To the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care. Awaiting an answer

4. Sera EvansPlaid14 October 2026

   What is the Welsh Government’s approach to reducing waiting times for autism assessments?

   To the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care. Awaiting an answer

5. Lynne NeagleLabour13 October 2026

   When will the Cabinet Minister publish a service specification for early intervention eating disorder services?

   To the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care. Awaiting an answer

All 19 written questions on this brief

6 petitions to the Senedd on this brief, open ones first, then by signatures:

1. Reform the ASD/ADHD pathway with joint GP and school responsibility and mandatory neurodiversity training.

   Open

   561 signatures

2. Strengthen statutory codes and guidance to improve safety and support for autistic children across Wales

   Open

   380 signatures

3. Create an All-Wales pathway between private and NHS neurodevelopmental care

   Open

   190 signatures

4. Commission an independent review of patient safety during acute mental-health crises in Wales

   Open

   132 signatures

5. Formally recognize "Profound Autism" in Welsh Health and Social Care Policy

   Open

   128 signatures

6. End the Two Year Restriction on Injectable Weight Loss Medicines in Wales

   Open

   14 signatures

No committee sessions on this brief in the Seventh Senedd yet.

53 contributions in the Seventh Senedd, newest first.

1. Pete Hopgood

   12 October 2026, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards

   …which contributes to our underlying deficit, that being continuing healthcare, commissioning, and, on mental health, operational and use of private providers. I think one of the other challenges has been delivering savings on a recurrent basis. So, we've had success delivering savings in year, but…

   Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

2. Jason O'ConnellReform

   8 October 2026, Petitions Committee

   Updates to previous petitions

   Moving on, then, to agenda item 3.1, 'Stop the detention of learning disabled and autistic children, young people and adults in hospital'. The submitter is Stolen Lives, with 1,754 signatures, 1,300 from Wales. This one has quite a history to it. I will be speaking to this petition and going through…

   Tagged for: “autistic”, “autism”Official Record

3. Jason O'ConnellReform

   8 October 2026, Petitions Committee

   New Petitions

   …man clubs, et cetera, to look into this and see if there's a cross-over there, also as part of the male suicide prevention strategy. That would be good. Okay. Thank you very much. So, we'll keep that one on.

   Tagged for: “suicide prevention”Official Record

4. Jason O'ConnellReform

   8 October 2026, Petitions Committee

   New Petitions

   …more visible issue that now has a name to it, which I've not come across before. The issue of male suicide has increased in visibility in our daily lives and organisations such as Andy's Man Clubs and people like that are having more prevalence in our society, and, I think, are having a benefit. And…

   Tagged for: “suicide”Official Record

5. Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

   8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

   Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

   …probably another line of inquiry for this committee at another time. This committee did touch on the mental health issue in the last term. So, we've got the Mental Health Act 2025 in force in the UK at the moment. It's an England and Wales or a UK piece of legislation that looks at and includes…

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6. Becca MartinPlaid

   8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

   Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

   …of the really highly specialised things and things like organ transplant pathways and then things like mental health and in-patient care, are there any concerns around that really highly specific stuff?

   Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

7. Alex Slade

   8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

   Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

   Bore da. I’m Alex Slade. I’m the group director of strategy and director of primary care and mental health. Thank you.

   Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

8. Michelle Morris

   8 October 2026, Finance Committee

   Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session

   …to staff—if they're starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, how do we help them? And we do have external counselling services if they wish to talk to someone independent to assist them with issues. So, we do a lot of different things. We also have a well-being group, who are quite active in doing…

   Tagged for: “counselling”Official Record

9. Claire ArchibaldReform

   6 October 2026, Plenary

   Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales

   …co-ordinated, the consequences of this can reach into someone's livelihood, family life, confidence and mental health. For a foster family, an investigation affects their home. For a nurse or a doctor, it can leave their professional future uncertain. Children, patients and those reporting harm also…

   Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

10. Natasha AsgharConservative

    6 October 2026, Plenary

    Business Statement and Announcement

    …people requiring support from a number of health and care professionals. There's also a considerable mental health burden, with people often caring for family members whilst worrying about potentially carrying the faulty gene themselves. Guidance published by the previous Welsh Government makes…

    Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

11. Sara CrowleyPlaid

    1 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

    Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais

    So, there's an inequality there, isn't there? Mental health has more flexibility.

    Tagged for: “Mental health”Official Record

12. Geoff Ryall-Harvey

    1 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

    Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais

    For mental health services, for example, there's a sliding scale that can go as high as 25, depending on the needs of the individual patient. It's not as clear-cut as it would be, say, for medical things. But that might suit others as well, to have that. It depends on maturity, it depends on your…

    Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

13. Juliet Brown

    1 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

    Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee

    …but that's probably not so relevant for this discussion. That does cover both physical health and mental health. So, for mental health, for example, the vast majority of mental health care, which most people would access locally, is commissioned by health boards, but that very specialist high-end…

    Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

14. Dafydd Trystan DaviesPlaid

    1 October 2026, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee

    Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution

    …to bring both the health teams, but also teams across Government, to work on these issues. I do think mental health is a major issue. I think, more broadly, too, we haven't fully recognised and understood the impact of—. Well, there are two aspects, I think, that we are only beginning to understand…

    Tagged for: “mental health”Official Record

15. Lynne NeagleLabour

    1 October 2026, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee

    Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution

    …Wales remains limited, with a number of indicators worsening, and of particular concern to me is that mental well-being among young people has declined and inequality has widened, and later on in the briefing it states that loneliness is worse for younger people than older people. Obviously, those…

    Tagged for: “mental well-being”Official Record

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