HC Deb 15 March 1968 vol 760 cc389-90W
Mr. Oakes

asked the Minister of Health how many and which mental hospitals in the Manchester region are over 50, over 75 and over 100 years old.

Mr. K. Robinson

The following are wholly or in part:

Over 50 years old:

  • Swinton Hospital:
  • Calderstones Hospital.
  • Brockhall Hospital.
  • Mary Dendy Hospital.
  • Offerton House.

Over 75 years old:

  • Whittingham Hospital.
  • Parkside Hospital.
  • Royal Albert (Lancaster) Hospital.

Over 100 years old:

  • Lancaster Moor Hospital.
  • Prestwich Hospital.
  • Springfield Hospital.
  • Ollerset View Hospital.

Mr. Oakes

asked the Minister of Health what is the staff/patient ratio in mental hospitals in the Manchester Regional Hospital Board's area; and how this compares with the ratio for England and Wales as a whole.

Mr. K. Robinson

In psychiatric hospitals and units with 20 beds or more in the Manchester Region the numbers of medical and nursing staff per 100 patients in 1965 (the latest year for which figures are available) were 0.78 and 24.83 compared with 1.04 and 25.02 in England and Wales as a whole.

Mr. Oakes

asked the Minister of Health how often mental hospitals in the Manchester regional area are inspected by fire officers.

Mr. K. Robinson

All psychiatric hospitals in the Region are regularly inspected at least once a year (most of them more frequently) by officers of the local Fire Brigade except two hospitals which employ whole-time fire safety officers and which have been inspected within the last eighteen months.