§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which health districts are (a) without designated posts of psychogeriatricians or psychiatrists with responsibility for the elderly or (b) with designated but unfilled posts.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThis information is not available, but in my reply to the hon. Member for South Ayrshire (Mr. Foulkes) on 30 June 1982—[Vol. 26, c.331–2.]—I indicated that at 31 March 1982 there were 88 health districts in England without a consultant pschiatrist with a special interest in the elderly. We do not know how many such posts have been designated and not yet filled.