§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the rules for maximum length of seclusion without toilet facilities at Broadmoor, Rampton, Park Lane and Moss Side, respectively.
§ Mr. MoyleNo such rules exist.
None of the rooms in the special hospitals used specifically for seclusion purposes contains en suite toilet facilities. When patients are placed in seclusion it is therefore necessary either to escort them to and from the ward toilet facilities or to provide them with chamber pots and bowls of water for washing. Staff make every effort to take patients to the ward facilities but whether they are able to do so depends on the mental state of the patient, the distance from the room to the toilet facilities, the presence of other patients and the number of staff available.
614Whospital is expected to open on 19 March, when the full supporting services are programmed to be operational.