§ 41. Mr. Parkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a statement on children presently accommodated in adult wards of sub-normality hospitals.
§ Dr. OwenCases in which children are accommodated in adult wards in mental handicap hospitals usually occur because of a local shortage of hospital and other residential facilities for both children and adults. Additional places are, of course, dependent on the extent to which additional resources can be made available.