§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list in each remaining large mental hospital, by district and region, in Wales, how many in-patients are long stay, with over a year in hospital care and how many were admitted before 1971;
(2) if he will list the remaining large mental hospitals still open, by region and health district, in Wales, together with the number of patients, their age, the number of available beds and the estimated date of closure in each case;
(3) if he will list the large mental hospitals open, giving in each case the number of patients, their age, the number of available beds and the estimated date of closure by region and health district in Wales;
(4) how many in-patients (a) are long stay with over one year in hospital care and (b) where admitted before 1971 in each remaining large mental hospital, giving the figures by district and region.
§ Mr. RichardsInformation on the number of resident patients, their length of stay and age, as at 31 March 1993, and the number of beds, as at February 1995, is given in the table.
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Resident Patients as at 31 March 1993 Duration of Stay Age (a) DHA and Hospital Total >1 yr >25 yrs >16 16–64 65+ Number of beds as at February 1995 South Glamorgan: Whitchurch 240 107 2 8 121 110 266 West Glamorgan: Cefn Coed 265 83 0 1 126 133 298 Source: Psychiatric Census 1993, unpublished information provided by health authorities, 1995.
(a) Excluding age not known.
(b) North Wales is due to close in September 1995.
§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the large mental hospitals which have closed in Wales, by region and district, arid the present use of their sites;
(2) if he will list any region and district those large mental hospitals which have closed in each of the last five years; and if he will give the present use of their sites.
§ Mr. RichardsParc hospital, Mid Glamorgan closed in September 1994. The site was sold to the Home Office for use as a grade 2 prison.
§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, (1) if he will list the remaining large mental hospitals, by region and district, which are still admitting(a) in-patients and (b) acute admissions;
(2) if he will list the large mental hospitals which are still admitted (a) in-patients and (b) acute admissions by region and district.
§ Mr. RichardsAll remaining large mental illness hospitals, listed as follows, are still admitting patients:
- Clwyd—North Wales
- East Dyfed—St. David's
- Gwent—Pen y Fal
- —St. Cadoc's
- Mid Glamorgan—Glanrhyd
- Powys—Mid Wales
- South Glamorgan—Whitechurch
- West Glamorgan—Cefn Coed