§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many officials of his Department 589W attended the conference in London recently on mental health service planning which it arranged jointly with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeIncluding sessional chairmen, 22 professional and administrative staff from our Department attended some part of the conference on "Mental Health Service Planning" held on 7 and 8 March 1985.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has any proposals for implementing any of the recommendations made at the recent conference in London on mental health service planning attended by representatives of his Department and by representatives of the British Association of Social Workers, the British Psychological Society, MENCAP, MIND, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Nursing.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe conference held on 7–8 March was organised jointly by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and our Department. Other participants were drawn from regional and district health authorities, local authorities, local authority associations, the National Association of Health Authorities, professional organisations and voluntary organisations working in the field of mental illness and mental handicap.
The conference was held to enable participants to look jointly at problems associated with the implementation of our policies for mental health service planning in England and Wales. It was not constituted to consider or vote on formal recommendations. A wide variety of opinions was
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Table Region Area/District Hospital Type of Hospital Mental Illness (MI) or Mental Handicap (MH) Date Approved (i) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure May 1979.December 1979 Trent Sheffield Wales Court Hospital MH December 1979 (ii) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1980 South West Thames East Surrey Clerks Croft Hospital MI September 1980 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Holme Lacy Hospital MI November 1980 Mersey Liverpool Liverpool Psychiatric Day Hospital MI September 1980 (iii) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1981 Yorkshire Wakefield Carr Gate Hospital MI November 1981 Wakefield Newton Lodge Annex MI November 1981 Trent Sheffield St. Joseph's Hospital MH November 1981 North West Thames Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Temple Hill House MI March 1981 Mersey Chester Tabley Hostel MH December 1981 (iv) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1982 South East Thames Tunbridge Wells Mansell House MH December 1982 North Western Bolton Hovercroft Free Discharge Unit MI February 1982 (v) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1983 Trent South Derbyshire Blakeley MI March 1983 North West Thames Victoria Vincent Square Day Hospital MI December 1983 Victoria All Saints Hospital MI December 1983 North East Thames North East Essex Essex Hall MH July 1983 Wessex Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Sandy Point MH November 1983 South Western Frenchay Leigh Court MH June 1983 (vi) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1984 Trent Sheffield Scott Road and Commonside Hostels MH October 1984 expressed. The participants had before them the recommendations in the Social Services Committee report on community care with special reference to adult mentally ill and mentally handicapped people, published on 28 February. In considering our response to that Report we are taking account of points made at the conference.