§ Mr.Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the number of psycho-surgical operations performed in British hospitals during the last 20 years, giving age, sex, diagnoses of patient and the hospitals in which the operations were performed.
§ Sir George YoungI do not have reliable information for earlier years. Information for England and Wales for 1979 and 1980 is as follows:
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Operation performed Hospital 1979 1980 Atkinson Morley, Wimbledon 6 2 Bethlem Royal and Maudsley 3 1 Brook General, Greenwich 47 50 Frenchay, Bristol 2 2 Midland Centre for Neurosurgery, Birmingham 1 3 National Hospital, Queen Square, London — 1 Newcastle General 1 — Pinderfields General, Wakefield 3 1 Sheffield Royal Infirmary 1 — Southampton General 1 2 Walton Hospital, Liverpool 1 — University Hospital of Wales 4 — — — 70 62
Age Range 24–80 27–75 Male 19 25 Female 51 37 I do not have complete information on diagnoses centrally.