§ Mr. Greyasked the Minister of Health if he will give the various categories and age groups of the 13,000 people who had been waiting for admission to hospital in the Northern Region less than four months on 31st August; and also the 6,000 who had been waiting between four to 12 months, and the 5,000 who had been waiting for over a year.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe waiting lists by speciality were as follows:
hospitals could live and be trained, in an atmosphere more conducive to their needs, to fit into the life of the community outside institutions.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe County Council have expressed their readiness to accept increased responsibilities for the care of the mentally disordered, which would include the eventual provision of accommodation of the kind referred to. and I very much welcome this.