HC Deb 12 December 1983 vol 50 cc356-63W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of discharges by age of residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals, by district, for the most recent three years for which figures are available; if he will specify the number of deaths; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. John Patten

[pursuant to his reply, 29 November 1983, c. 470]: The information which could be obtained without disproportionate cost is given in the following three tables. Mental handicap hospitals and units are not classified by the length of time patients stay, so the tables cover all such hospitals and units. The figures given include discharges of patients who were admitted for short periods.

Table 1 Mental Handicap Hospitals and Units in England Number of Discharges
Year Total all ages Age group
0.15 16.19 20.24 35.64 65+
Regional Health Authority
Northern
1979 1,486 793 209 324 149 11
1980 1,742 933 245 376 170 18
1981 2,001 1,029 231 482 226 33
Yorkshire
1979 756 291 146 219 94 6
1980 949 411 150 260 122 6
1981 1,240 502 185 334 196 23
Trent
1979 2,204 945 272 607 343 37
1980 2,787 1,198 368 784 376 61
1981 3,185 1,419 466 859 401 40
Year Total all ages Age group
0.15 16.19 20.24 35.64 65+
East Anglian
1979 1,300 524 166 448 151 11
1980 1,426 533 197 527 155 14
1981 1,427 463 241 474 226 23
North West Thames
1979 645 248 104 190 89 14
1980 652 232 97 221 91 11
1981 663 189 104 273 90 7
North East Thames
1979 934 330 144 298 135 27
1980 942 330 150 283 149 30
1981 911 271 254 320 146 20
South East Thames
1979 855 412 72 207 137 27
1980 1,136 649 97 173 182 35
1981 1,380 850 98 242 168 22
South West Thames
1979 726 263 115 228 99 21
1980 769 242 118 268 132 9
1981 1,181 193 304 492 174 18
Wessex
1979 1,023 567 143 178 97 38
1980 1,227 637 175 238 102 75
1981 1,547 792 238 331 112 74
Oxford
1979 1,412 734 231 301 135 11
1980 1,410 687 198 358 152 15
1981 1,720 814 222 496 174 14
South Western
1979 1,343 428 169 445 264 37
1980 1,822 667 286 456 365 48
1981 2,338 929 388 553 414 54
West Midland
1979 2,319 1,030 466 525 263 35
1080 2,517 1,011 522 724 240 20
1981 2,897 1,149 566 808 345 29
Mersey
1979 611 178 114 147 70 102
1980 607 150 167 203 76 11
1981 716 86 157 349 112 12
North Western
1979 973 427 125 267 132 22
1980 911 358 140 281 110 22
1981 897 301 156 299 128 13
Total
1979 16,587 7,170 2,476 4,384 2,158 399
1980 18,897 8,038 2,910 5,152 2,422 375
1981 22,103 8,987 3,510 6,312 2,912 382
Table 2 Mental handicap hospitals and units in England Number of deaths
Year Total all ages Age group
0.15 16.19 20.34 35.64 65+
Regional Health Authority
Northern
1979 100 7 5 7 42 39
1980 82 3 4 16 31 28
1981 72 3 2 14 21 32
Year Total all ages Age group
0.15 16.19 20.34 35.64 65+
Yorkshire
1979 93 5 4 10 41 33
1980 96 7 3 16 39 31
1981 73 4 — 25 17 27
Trent
1979 124 8 6 10 51 49
1980 102 2 2 20 39 39
1981 115 5 3 9 54 44
East Anglian
1979 37 2 1 6 16 12
1980 32 2 2 8 10 10
1981 42 3 1 7 17 14
North West Thames
1979 88 3 4 8 27 46
1980 117 3 4 11 35 64
1981 102 3 6 7 39 47
North East Thames
1979 63 2 3 10 22 26
1980 74 5 4 12 26 27
1981 70 3 3 11 28 25
South East Thames
1979 91 3 5 12 29 42
1980 70 3 3 8 25 31
1981 82 3 3 7 30 39
South West Thames
1979 159 10 4 21 64 60
1980 139 6 4 16 61 52
1981 122 4 3 9 57 49
Wessex
1979 59 3 1 10 18 27
1980 69 6 3 9 29 22
1981 62 5 4 11 21 21
Oxford
1979 31 5 — 5 11 10
1980 31 3 1 6 13 8
1981 37 3 2 7 10 15
South Western
1979 121 5 1 9 57 49
1980 103 3 2 11 40 47
1981 114 2 4 7 39 62
West Midlands
1979 118 4 3 22 44 45
1980 105 6 2 7 46 44
1981 108 4 3 8 56 37
Mersey
1979 59 2 4 6 16 31
1980 31 4 2 4 11 10
1981 55 9 2 7 18 19
North Western
1979 153 2 2 14 74 61
1980 130 4 5 15 52 54
1981 103 2 2 12 38 49
Total
1979 1,296 61 43 150 512 530
1980 1,181 57 41 159 457 467
1981 1,157 53 38 141 445 480
Table 3
Mental Handicap Hospitals and Units in England: Numbers of Discharges and Deaths
Regional Health Authority and Health District* Discharges Deaths
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
Northern RHA
North Tees 273 369 452 — — —
S.W. Cumbria — — 6 3 — —
West Cumbria 260 378 491 9 11 6
Darlington 61 100 133 10 14 18
Durham 202 229 307 12 9 8
Northumberland 690 666 612 66 48 40
REGIONAL TOTAL 1,486 1,742 2,001 100 82 72
Yorkshire RHA
Hull 13 236 303 5 13 15
Beverley 129 — — 2 — —
Scunthorpe 44 43 59 7 5 5
Northallerton 4 5 3 1 4 2
York 98 85 110 10 14 8
Harrogate — — — 1 — —
Bradford 28 41 75 15 9 12
Airedale 38 25 23 8 5 5
Calderdale 73 85 102 6 10 3
Huddersfield 36 21 45 2 4 —
Eastern Leeds 122 213 231 25 17 18
Western Wakefield 171 195 289 11 15 5
REGIONAL TOTAL 756 949 1,240 93 96 73
Trent RHA
Central Derbyshire 57 77 60 — — —
N. Derbyshire 184 197 176 10 12 24
S. Derbyshire 196 175 185 10 11 9
N.W. Leicestershire 240 281 338 20 11 18
S. Lincolnshire 22 12 6 8 9 8
N. Lincolnshire 221 231 228 18 14 13
C. Nottinghamshire 413 504 429 18 13 17
Worksop and Retford — 115 340 — — 1
N. Nottingham 64 117 161 3 1 1
S. Nottingham 58 68 97 1 4 3
Doncaster 102 80 71 15 13 6
Rotherham 358 465 459 1 1 —
Northern Sheffield 60 240 270 9 12 15
Southern Sheffield 229 225 365 11 1 —
REGIONAL TOTAL 2,204 2,787 3,185 124 102 115
East Anglian RHA
Cambridge 204 203 146 6 4 1
Peterborough 497 518 563 — 1 —
Norwich 206 236 220 8 16 20
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 73 75 100 2 1 3
King's Lynn 71 116 137 — — 6
Bury St. Edmunds 96 162 168 20 9 10
Ipswich 153 116 93 1 1 2
REGIONAL TOTAL 1,300 1,426 1,427 37 32 42
North West Thames RHA
North Bedfordshire 37 53 61 10 12 8
South Bedfordshire — — — — — 1
N.W. Hertfordshire — 305 290 — 53 50
S.W. Hertfordshire 449 136 113 75 51 40
Barnet/Finchley 127 110 156 1 1 —
Brent 32 48 43 2 — 3
REGIONAL TOTAL 645 652 663 88 117 102
North East Thames RHA
Basildon and Thurrock 224 234 215 9 19 19
Chelmsford 81 110 95 5 9 8
Colchester 298 294 343 36 41 33
Harlow 4 1 — — 1 1
Barking 39 18 21 3 3 —
Havering — — — — — 3
City and Hackney 25 33 6 — — —
Regional Health Authority and Health District* Discharges Deaths
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
Tower Hamlets 27 15 19 — — —
Enfield 58 74 100 2 1 1
East Roding 11 17 12 — — —
West Roding 167 146 100 8 — 5
REGIONAL TOTAL 934 942 911 63 74 70
South East Thames RHA
Brighton 102 147 126 5 3 2
Eastbourne 26 32 32 8 4 7
Hastings 62 43 34 7 6 3
South-East Kent 9 33 43 2 3 1
Canterbury/Thanet 108 123 103 12 4 2
Dartford/Gravesham 101 86 57 37 27 36
Maidstone 19 29 25 3 2 5
Tunbridge Wells 149 161 187 15 20 23
Greenwich 165 302 395 1 1 2
Bromley 91 123 279 1 — 1
Lewisham 23 57 99 — — —
REGIONAL TOTAL 855 1,136 1,380 91 70 82
South West Thames RHA
N.W. Surrey 130 158 188 29 20 21
West Surrey and N.E.
Hants 70 56 95 1 1 —
S.W. Surrey 34 26 40 — — 1
Mid-Surrey 63 71 78 25 29 19
East Surrey 31 22 50 17 18 22
Chichester 28 20 42 — 1 2
Cuckfield and Crawley 100 46 43 8 7 6
Worthing 55 96 108 2 3 —
Croydon 57 60 68 45 34 33
Kingston/Richmond 25 34 100 6 8 4
Wandsworth and East
Merton — — 234 — — —
Sutton and West Merton 133 180 135 26 18 14
REGIONAL TOTAL 726 769 1,181 159 139 122
Wessex RHA
West Dorset 92 109 142 8 11 5
Portsmouth and S.E. Hants 185 207 309 22 28 19
Southampton and S.W.
Hants 82 99 59 9 11 15
Salisbury — — 136 — — —
Swindon 195 194 242 10 7 15
Bath 461 605 650 5 7 4
Isle of Wight 8 13 9 5 5 4
REGIONAL TOTAL 1,023 1,227 1,547 59 69 62
Oxford RHA
E. Berkshire 81 64 86 1 4 6
W. Berkshire 199 159 137 11 8 10
Aylesbury 232 223 354 8 7 5
Kettering 71 125 197 — — 1
Northampton 674 667 713 5 2 4
Oxfordshire 155 172 233 6 10 11
REGIONAL TOTAL 1,412 1,410 1,720 31 31 37
South Western RHA
Bristol and Weston 124 97 153 7 7 3
Frenchay 162 254 271 32 27 31
Southmead 135 160 145 26 23 27
Cornwall 125 140 137 6 6 8
Exeter 487 641 843 35 26 32
North Devon 84 104 126 — — —
Plymouth — — 2 — — —
Torbay — 164 273 — — —
Cheltenham and Gloucester 83 84 174 2 1 3
E. and W. Somerset 143 178 214 13 13 10
Regional Health Authority and Health District* Discharges Deaths
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
REGIONAL TOTAL 1,343 1,822 2,338 121 103 114
West Midlands RHA
Hereford 8 14 28 3 3 3
Kidderminster 786 814 795 11 11 10
Salop — — — — — 1
Mid Staffordshire 44 73 164 — — —
N. Staffordshire 70 97 103 18 11 12
N. Warwickshire 395 349 440 29 25 32
S. Birmingham 304 360 335 22 21 18
Coventry — — 139 — — —
Dudley 455 571 624 2 8 2
Walsall 257 239 269 33 26 30
REGIONAL TOTAL 2,319 2,517 2,897 118 105 108
Mersey RHA
Chester 13 16 10 1 — 1
Crewe 67 132 213 21 6 21
Halton 56 72 15 1 1 5
Warrington 117 144 171 14 8 14
Liverpool 75 89 80 2 8 5
Northern Sefton 280 151 226 20 8 8
Wirral 3 3 1 — — 1
REGIONAL TOTAL 611 607 716 59 31 55
North Western RHA
Lancaster 111 105 86 35 34 21
Preston — — — 5 — —
Blackburn 120 105 135 53 39 42
Burnley 343 323 328 53 49 29
Ormskirk 158 151 83 — 2 —
Rochdale — 1 — — — 1
Salford 138 110 125 2 2 4
Stockport 103 116 96 5 4 6
Tameside — — 44 — — —
REGIONAL TOTAL 973 911 897 153 130 103
* Health districts with no recorded discharges and deaths are not shown.

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