Psychiatric Nurses (Hansard, 3 March 1999)

§ Sir Alastair Goodlad
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many community psychiatric nurses there were in Wales in each of the last three years. [73228]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones
The information is given in the following table.
person had a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses. Reliable estimates of the number of people who were re-admitted are not available.
Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.

§ Sir Alastair Goodlad
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the admission by diagnosis and order of admissions indicating the percentage changes over the previous year in numbers and rates per 100,000 population of patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses in Wales in the last year for which figures are available. [73370]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones
The number and rates of discharges from Welsh NHS trusts for the two latest years, 1997 and 1998, are shown in the following table. Information is given for discharges, rather than admissions, as discharge information is more complete. Reliable information on order of admission is not available. The figures represent only those patients admitted to hospital as inpatients or day-cases and will therefore not be an overall picture of all patients suffering from schizophrenia in Wales.
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Patients discharged from Welsh Trusts with a primary diagnosis of Schizophrenia¹

Percentage change

1997 1998 1997–98

Diagnosis Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate

Paranoid Schizophrenia 825 28.2 885 30.2 7.3 7.0

Hebephrenic Schizophrenia 58 2.0 56 1.9 -3.4 -3.7

Catatonic Schizophrenia 6 0.2 9 0.3 50.0 49.6

Undifferentiated Schizophrenia 39 1.3 39 1.3 0.0 -0.2

Post-Schizophrenia Depression 3 0.1 6 0.2 100.0 99.5

Residual Schizophrenia 329 11.2 246 8.4 -25.2 -25.4

Simple Schizophrenia 37 1.3 29 1.0 -21.6 -21.8

Other Schizophrenia 42 1.4 27 0.9 -35.7 -35.9

Schizophrenia, unspecified 476 16.3 416 14.2 -12.6 -12.8

Total 1,815 62.0 1,713 58.4 -5.6 -5.8

¹Rates are expressed per 100,000 population

Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.

Patients discharged from Welsh Trusts with a primary diagnosis of Schizophrenia¹
					Percentage change
	1997	1998	1997–98
Diagnosis	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Paranoid Schizophrenia	825	28.2	885	30.2	7.3	7.0
Hebephrenic Schizophrenia	58	2.0	56	1.9	-3.4	-3.7
Catatonic Schizophrenia	6	0.2	9	0.3	50.0	49.6
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia	39	1.3	39	1.3	0.0	-0.2
Post-Schizophrenia Depression	3	0.1	6	0.2	100.0	99.5
Residual Schizophrenia	329	11.2	246	8.4	-25.2	-25.4
Simple Schizophrenia	37	1.3	29	1.0	-21.6	-21.8
Other Schizophrenia	42	1.4	27	0.9	-35.7	-35.9
Schizophrenia, unspecified	476	16.3	416	14.2	-12.6	-12.8
Total	1,815	62.0	1,713	58.4	-5.6	-5.8
¹Rates are expressed per 100,000 population