§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what occasions tests using hormones have been carried out on patients at Broadmoor Hospital since 1968. [24760]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 22 January 1998]: There are no summarised records of tests using hormones carried out on patients at Broadmoor Hospital since 1968. It is known that a study was conducted at Broadmoor Hospital between 1971 and 1973 under the auspice of the Special Hospitals Research Unit of the Department of Health and Social Security to measure the effect of hormones in the treatment of deviant sexual behaviour. 12 male patients participated in the study on a voluntary basis. The study's findings were published in the British Journal of Psychiatry (volume 125, September 1974). No records of any other tests involving hormones have been traced but hormones are used in the treatment of patients at Broadmoor Hospital on a regular ongoing basis, for example hormone replacement therapy.