HC Deb 05 June 1967 vol 747 c119W
110. Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

asked the Minister of Health what steps he proposes to take to ensure that, in hospitals for the subnormal, accommodation for children is separate from that provided for adults, as is already the practice in other hospitals.

Mr. K. Robinson

Children in subnormality hospitals are usually accommodated separately.

111. Mrs. Braddock

asked the Minister of Health what is the extent of the waiting list for hospitals for the subnormal; and what proposals he has for reducing the present overcrowded conditions in many of these hospitals.

Mr. K. Robinson

The hospital waiting list for subnormality and severe subnormality was 4,590 at the end of 1966; special attention is being paid to psychiatric provision in the hospital building programme.