Mentally Ill Patients (Newport)

HC Deb 08 July 1969 vol 786 cc251-2W

Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what were the numbers of mentally ill patients discharged into the county borough of Newport during the year 1968 as compared with 1960 and 1964.

Mr. George Thomas

The numbers of patients discharged to the County Borough of Newport from the principal mental illness hospital for the area (St. Cadoc's, Caerleon) were as follows:

1960	250
1964	488
1968	573

I regret that figures of discharges from other hospitals in England and Wales to the County Borough of Newport cannot be obtained without a disproportionate amount of time and effort.