HC Deb 12 April 1983 vol 40 cc388-92W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many interim secure units and beds are available in each regional health authority area.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

As at 30 October 1982, the latest date for which firm details are available, the numbers of interim secure units declared by RHAs and available beds are as follows:

Region Units open Number of beds Places planned in addition
3. Trent Towers Hospital 15
Aston Hall 40
Pastures Hospital 4
Balderton Hospital 3
62
4. East Anglia Little Plumstead 49
5. NW Thames Leavesden Hospital 62 St. Bernards (by mid-1983) 14
6. NE Thames Severalls Hospital 10
Runwell Hospital 24
34
7. SE Thames Bethlem 15
Cane Hill 7
Oakwood 6
28
8. SW Thames
9. Wessex Knowle Hospital 14
10. Oxford St. Johns, Stone 6 Fairmile 14 male (by 1982–83)
St. Crispins, Northampton 10 East Berkshire (provision for females—no details as yet)
22
11. South Western Langdon, Dawlish 30 St. Lawrences (by January 1983) 28
12. West Midlands Coleshill Hall 8 Lea Castle 18
Central Hospital 15 St. Margarets 20
Barnsley Hall 12 St. Georges 15
Rubery Hilll Preliminary proposals. No details as yet
Highcroft 18 All Saints
53 53
13. Mersey Rainhill Hospital 24 Parkside 9
Parkside Hospital 15
Winwick Hospital 40
79
14. North Western Prestwich Hospital 44
Whittingham Hospital 24
Lancaster Moor 30
Calderstones 13
111
Total 610 167
* Based on RHA returns.

Note:

The units listed above are those—other than permanent units—included in the return currently maintained by the Department of secure facilities available in the hospital and declared by the regional health authority concerned. In some regions there may be other equally secure facilities not so declared.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made by each regional health authority in providing a regional secure psychiatric unit.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

As at 30 October 1982, the latest date for which firm details are available, progress on permanent regional secure units was as follows:

Permanent RSUs*
State of Hospital and Region Beds
1. RSU already open:
St. Lukes, Northern (November 1980) 30
2. Building started 1981:
Towers, Trent 60
Langdon, South Western 30
Rainhill, Mersey 50

State of Hospital and Region Beds
Adolescent Unit, Prestwich, North Western 20
160
3. Places available end 1981:
St. Lukes Northern 30
4. Building started 1982:
Fieldhead, Yorkshire 48
Adult Unit, Prestwich, North Western 88
St. Andrews, East Anglia 36
Multi-site scheme, SE Thames 90
262
5. Places available end 1982:
St. Lukes, Northern 30
6. Building completed end 1982:
St. Lukes, Northern 30
Towers, Trent 60
Langdon, South Western 30
120
7. Building expected to start 1983:
Knowle, Wessex 31
Rubery Hill, West Midlands 100
131
8. Building completed/expected completed end 1983:
St. Lukes, Northern 30
Towers, Trent 60
Langdon, South Western 30
St. Andrews, East Anglia 36
Rainhill, Mersey 50
Adolescent Unit, Prestwich, North Western 20
226
9. Building expected to start 1984:
St. Bernards, NW Thames 40
10. Building completed/expected completed end 1984:
St. Lukes, Northern 30
Towers, Trent 60
Langdon, South Western 30
St. Andrews, East Anglia 36
Rainhill, Mersey 50
Adolescent Unit, Prestwich, North Western 20
Adult Unit, Prestwich, North Western 88
Fieldhead, Yorkshire 48
Multi-site scheme, SE Thames 90
Knowle, Wessex 31
483
11. Building expected to start 1985:
12. Building completed/expected completed end 1985:
St. Lukes, Northern 30
Towers, Trent 60
Langdon, South Western 30
St. Andrews, East Anglia 36
Rainhill, Mersey 50
Adolescent Unit, Prestwich, North Western 20
North Western (Adult Unit) 88
Fieldhead, Yorkshire 48
Multi-site scheme, SE Thames 90
Knowle, Wessex 31
St. Bernards, NW Thames 40
Rubery Hill, West Midlands 100
623

State of Hospital and Region Beds
13. Others to come:
Netherne, SW Thames
1st and 2nd Units, NE Thames
Borocourt, Oxford
Northern (2nd Unit)
Trent (2nd Unit)
South Western (2nd Unit)
* Based on RHA returns.