HC Deb 22 February 1995 vol 255 cc216-7W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list those remaining large mental hospitals, by region and district, which are still admitting (a) any in-patients and (b) any acute admissions;

(2) if she will list in each remaining large mental hospitals, by district and region, in England, how many in-patients are long stay with over a year in hospital care and how many were admitted before 1971;

(3) if she will list those large mental hospitals which have closed in England, by region and district, and the present use of their sites;

(4) if she will list the remaining large mental hospitals still open, by region and health district in England, together with in each case the number of patients, their age, the number of available beds, and the estimated date of closure.

Mr. Bowis

Details on the remaining large mental illness hospitals, with over 100 beds, were published in the mental health task force report, "Survey of English Mental Illness Hospitals, March 1993", copies of which are available in the Library.

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