§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychosis have been discharged from mental hospitals in each health region in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
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Discharges of persons from NHS mental illness hospitals and units in England with a primary diagnosis of Schizophrenic psychoses, 1980–86. Region Numbers 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 England 25,240 25,992 24,594 25,336 25,934 26,225 26,077 Northern 1,844 1,802 1,750 1,808 1,858 1,799 1,767 Yorkshire 2,214 2,258 2,005 2,216 2,294 2,199 2,282 Trent 2,191 2,253 2,183 2,202 2,156 2,112 2,064 East Anglia 648 846 771 753 772 765 791 North West Thames 2,287 2,490 2,281 2,414 2,373 2,397 2,469 North East Thames 2,378 2,588 2,472 2,526 2,562 2,596 2,663 South East Thames 1,949 2,054 1,842 1,977 1,983 2,052 1,927 South West Thames 1,833 1,714 1,651 1,649 1,713 1,685 1,615 Wessex 1,418 1,499 1,437 1,393 1,452 1,443 1,551 Oxford 655 643 643 670 707 781 845 South Western 1,324 1,288 1,234 1,310 1,280 1,304 1,264 West Midlands 2,664 2,514 2,520 2,534 2,485 2,458 2,478 Mersey 1,217 1,279 1,266 1,325 1,377 1,488 1,412 at 30 September 1987. 98 per cent. were entitled to the full basic pension of £23–75; about one half received more than a basic pension by way of earnings-related pension or other increases.