§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in the last two years who have been diagnosed as psychiatrically ill have been refused admission to a psychiatric hospital for whatever reason.
§ Mr. AlisonOnly a small proportion of patients diagnosed as suffering from mental illness require in-patient treatment. No detailed information is available about the number of patients for whom in-patient treatment has been considered desirable and for whom a suitable place has not been found; but I have no reason to suppose that such a situation occurs more than rarely.