HC Deb 14 July 1971 vol 821 cc120-1W
Mrs. Shirley Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what conclusions he has reached about the availability and adequacy of after-care services for long-stay patients in mental hospitals and in special hospitals, which he promised to study on 2nd February, 1971.

Sir K. Joseph

The study of after-care services which 1 referred to in my previous answer is continuous. There is a need for further development of the community mental health services, and the advisory services of my Department are fully available to local authority social services departments, but I am not intending to offer any general advice at present.—[Vol. 810, c.313–4.]