§ Mr. Robert Daviesasked the Minister of Health if he will state the average daily number of occupied beds in all departments of National Health Service hospitals during 1965 and 1966, respectively, and, for each of these years, the average daily number and percentage of occupied beds in psychiatric departments, including beds occupied by children receiving psychiatric treatment, subnormal and severely subnormal patients, the mentally ill, and chronic sick under psychiatric supervision.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe information for 1966 will be available shortly. Details for 1965 are as follows:
Year ended 31st December, 1965 Average daily bed occupancy Numbers Percentage All specialties 397,129 100.0 Psychiatry—children 400 0.1 Subnormality and severe subnormality 57,815 14.6 Mental illness 127,185 32.0 Chronic Sick under psychiatric supervision 1,383 0.3 Total psychiatry 186,783 47.0