§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of patients resident in mental hospitals in Scotland in each year since 1970; and what has been the corresponding percentage change.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe average number of psychiatric beds occupied in mental hospitals in Scotland in each year since 1970 and the corresponding percentage change have been as follows:
Year ending 30 September Number Index 1970 18,102 100.0 1971 17,861 98.7 1972 17,564 97.0 1973 17,242 95.2 1974 17,065 94.3 1975 16,412 90.7 1976 16,371 90.4 1977 16,101 88.9 1978 15,819 87.4 1979 15,407 85.1 1980 15,108 83.5
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of beds in mental hospitals are occupied by each of the following groups suffering from (a) schizophrenia, (b) manic-depressive psychoses and (c) senile dementia.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of hospital in- patients with these diagnoses and the percentages of the available psychiatric beds they occupied at 31 December 1979, the latest date for which figures are available, was as follows:
No. of Patients Percentage Available beds* All diagnoses 15,705 91.5 Schizophrenia 4,681 27.3 Manic depressive psychosis 1,345 7.8 Senile psychoses† 3,251 18.9 *Available staffed beds—average—year to 31 March 1980 in mental illness specialties—mental illness, psycho-geriatric, child psychisitric and adolescent psychiatric. Total beds= 17,168. † Senile psychoses includes senile dementia, pre-senile dementia and arteriosclerotic dememntia.