§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the Tower hospital, Trent, Warley hospital, North-East Thames, Thatchbury Mount and Knowle hospitals, Wessex, Borocourt hospital, Oxford, and Greaves Hall hospital, Mersey, are still refusing to accept patients transferred from the special hospitals; if so, for what reason; and if he will take appropriate action.
§ Sir George YoungAll of the hospitals named are currently prepared to consider the transfer of patients from the special hospitals.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those regional health authorities and hospitals that have refused to accept the 135 men and 48 women awaiting transfer from the special hospitals on 31 January, with the reasons for the refusal.
§ Sir George YoungNo. The information is not readily available and an attempt to provide it would be unjustified in terms of time and cost, and would not in any event produce a clear-cut result because of the difficulty of defining refusal to admit patients from the special hospitals.