§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Minister of Health (1) what is the staff/patient ratio at Shelton Hospital; and what relation this bears to his Department's required establishment;
(2) what are the staff/patient ratios in all psychiatric hospitals where the building is more than 70 years old; and how many of these hospitals have an established staff which falls below his Department's requirements.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe number of staff per 100 patients at Shelton Hospital in68W 1967 was 44.9, including 1.6 medical staff and 23.7 nursing staff.
In psychiatric hospitals which can readily be identified as wholly or in part more than 70 years old, the average number of medical and nursing staff per 100 patients was 1.05 and 25.2 respectively in 1965, the latest year for which such information is available.
My Department does not specify required establishments.