§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients have received psychosurgery treatment under the National Health Service as a result of their mental condition; and how many of the patients have returned to live a normal life.
§ Mr. MoyleI cannot at present add to my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Woolwich, East (Mr. Cartwright) on 13th May.—[Vol. 911, c.239.]
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many psychosurgery operations have been performed in Broadmoor or special hospitals over the past five years.
§ Mr. MoyleNo psychosurgical operations have been performed in any of the Special Hospitals themselves in the past five years but during that period seven operations, which I am advised could fall into the psychosurgical category, have been carried out in other hospitals on six patients from the Special Hospitals.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will set 979W up a departmental inquiry into the use of psychosurgery as a technique for treating mental patients.
§ Mr. MoyleIn 1969 the Minister of Health published a Report on Leucotomy hi England and Wales 1942–54 (reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects, No. 104). The information in this survey has been to a large extent superseded by advances since 1954 in knowledge both of hazards of psychosurgery, and techniques which minimize the hazards, and of its benefits and the type of case in which benefits are greatest. I do not think, however, that a Departmental inquiry is called for at the moment, as most of these advances are clearly documented in published work. I am sending my hon. Friend copies of two relevant articles.
Proposed apportionment Estimated cost AHA LA Project £'000 Per cent. Per cent. Home for the mentally handicapped, Banbury … … … 250 100 — Home for the mentally handicapped, Basildon … … … 320 60 40 Home for the mentally handicapped, Bexley … … … 150 85 15 Home for the mentally handicapped, Brighton … … … 210 51 49 Home for the mentally handicapped, Durrington … … … 210 60 40 Home for the mentally handicapped, Homewood … … … 150 80 20 Home for the mentally handicapped, Leeds … … … 140 60 40 Home for the mentally handicapped, Lambeth … … … 90 100 — Home for the mentally handicapped, Manchester … … … 255 60 40 Home for the mentally handicapped, Newham … … … 370 60 40 Home for the mentally handicapped, Walsall … … … 260 100 — Home for the mentally handicapped, Worcester … … … 100 60 40 Adult Training Centre, Brighton … … … 180 51 49 Adult Training Centre, Chorley … … … 100 100 — Adult Training Centre, Eastwood … … … 280 60 40 Adult Training Centre, Rochdale … … … 170 20 80 Special Care Unit for the mentally handicapped, Biggleswade … 20 52 48 Special Care Unit for the mentally handicapped, Bramlingham … 20 52 48 Special Care Unit for the mentally handicapped, Brighton … … 30 51 49 Special Care Unit for the mentally handicapped, Leek … … 70 100 — Home for the mentally ill, Dunstable … … … 130 52 48 Home for the mentally ill, Hereford … … … 70 60 40 Home for the mentally ill, Shrewsbury … … … 120 50 50 Home for the mentally ill, Southwark … … … 40 50 50 Day centre for the mentally ill, Leeds … … … 140 60 40 Home for the elderly and centre for the physically handicapped, Fleetwood … 380 100 — Home for the elderly, Leeds … … … 60 60 40 Home for the elderly, Selsey … … … 270 35 65 Lifts in homes for the elderly, Derbyshire … … … 110 100 — Day centre for the elderly, Halifax … … … 50 60 40 Day centre for the elderly, Leeds … … … 20 60 40 Day centre for the elderly, Wigan … … … 40 100 — Meals on wheels kitchen, Woking … … … 50 60 40 Support for sheltered housing scheme, Kidderminster … … … 90 10 90