§ 28. Mr. TruswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how he will ensure community and mental health services in Leeds receive an adequate share of the Government's extra investment in the NHS. [42205]
§ Mr. BoatengI am pleased to say that Leeds Health Authority will receive a general allocation of £339.93 million in 1998/99, which is a total cash increase of £15.89 million over 1997/98.
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the provision of long-stay beds for the mentally ill in(a) the North West Region, (b) the county of Cheshire and (c) East Cheshire NHS Trust. [42187]
§ Mr. BoatengNorth West Region has resettled almost all long stay residents from the large institutions which provided treatment and care for people with mental health problems. There are still some final moves from some of the sites yet to be achieved. The whole of this was subject to a report submitted to the Independent Reference Group in 1997.
At Winwick Hospital, the local mental health services are still in the process of moving to newly developed areas on the Winwick site and also to a purpose built mental health unit at Halton General Hospital, Runcorn. These moves have been notified to the health authority concerned and will be monitored closely by the North West Regional Office of the National Health Service Executive.
In East Cheshire NHS Trust, patients previously at Parkside Hospital (the largest institution of its type in South Cheshire) have been reprovided for in a range of community based facilities, mostly within their home areas.