§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many alcohol treatment units there are within the National Health Service; and in which hospitals they are situated;
(2) how many National Health Service hospitals provide facilities of some kind for the treatment of alcohol misusers.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergAt December 1980 NHS returns indicated there were 28 units in England providing inpatient facilities specifically for alcohol problems, located at the hospitals given in the following table.
However, the present needs of alcohol misusers vary considerably and most NHS hospitals provide treatment appropriate to their range of needs.
Region and Hospital
- Northern—St Nicholas
- Yorkshire—Scalebor Park Broadgate Wedduwes
- Trent—Mapperley
- East Anglia—Fulbourn
- North West Thames—St Bernards
- North East Thames—Severalls
- South East Thames—Bexley
- South West Thames—Graylingwell, Warlingham Park, Epsom District
- Wessex—Basingstoke District St. James, Portsmouth Royal South Hants
- Oxford—Littlemore
- South Western—Exe Vale Mendip
- West Midlands—All Saints St George, Stafford Central Warwick Worcester RI
- Mersey—Rainhall, Moston
- North Western—Prestwich Lancaster Moor & Ridge Lea Withington
- Board of Governors—Bethlem Royal & Maudsley