§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the discharges and (b) the deaths, by length of stay, including percentage change in numbers and percentage distribution, of patients suffering from schizophrenic psychoses, in Scotland in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 28 November]: Provisional information for 1987 on percentage distribution of discharges and deaths of patients suffering from schizophrenic psychoses contained in the following table. Percentage change in numbers cannot be provided as the period over which to assess change is not specified.
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Discharges and deaths of patients with schizophrenic psychoses from all mental hospitals in 1987 showing distributions of total length of stay Less than Weeks Months over 1 year Total 1 week 1–2 3–4 5–6 7–8 9–10 11–12 3–6 7–9 10–12 Discharges 454 797 508 320 220 131 89 283 106 45 373 3,326 Percentage 13.7 24.0 15.3 9.6 6.6 3.9 2.7 8.5 3.2 1.4 11.2 100 Deaths 3 7 2 2 3 1 — 4 2 1 142 167 Percentage 1.8 4.2 1.2 1.2 1.8 0.6 — 2.4 1.2 0.6 85.0 100
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the admissions by diagnosis and order of admissions., including percentage change in numbers and rates per 100,000 population, of patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses in Scotland in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 28 November]: The available information, which is provisional, is given in the table:
Admissions to psychiatric hospitals with the diagnosis of schizophrenic psychoses, 1987 Order of admission Number 1987 Rate1 First 365 7.1 Other 2,873 56.2 Total 3,238 63.3 1 Per 100,000 population (1987 mid-year estimate). Percentage change in numbers cannot be provided as the period over which to assess change is not specified.