HC Deb 13 April 1960 vol 621 c135W
Mr. Awbery

asked the Minister of Health how many patients in the Fishponds Mental Hospital, Bristol, are capable of leaving the institution and engaging in the industrial life of the country, providing suitable homes could be found for them outside.

Mr. Walker-Smith

One of the main purposes of the Industrial Therapy Organisation recently set up in connection with this hospital is to enable an assessment of this kind to be made. It would therefore be premature to make any estimate at present.