§
Mr. John Patten
[pursuant to his reply, 25 June 1984, c. 357] Information about the number of such patients treated in specific periods is not collected centrally and related expenditure is not separately identifiable in the annual accounts of health authorities submitted to the Department. The number of discharges and deaths of NHS psychiatric patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements with institutions outside the NHS during the three years 1980 to 1982 were:
| 1980 |
| Region |
Mental illness |
Mental handicap |
| Northern |
— |
1 |
| Yorkshire |
44 |
— |
| Trent |
— |
— |
| East Anglian |
— |
1 |
| NW Thames |
2 |
180 |
| NE Thames |
— |
3 |
| SE Thames |
— |
— |
| SW Thames |
— |
7 |
| Wessex |
— |
— |
| Oxford |
52 |
— |
| South Western |
— |
1 |
719W
| Region |
Mental illness |
Mental handicap |
| West Midlands |
— |
5 |
| Mersey |
— |
52 |
| North Western |
519 |
3 |
| England |
617 |
253 |
| 1981 |
| Region |
Mental illness |
Mental handicap |
| Northern |
— |
4 |
| Yorkshire |
49 |
— |
| Trent |
— |
— |
| East Anglian |
— |
3 |
| NW Thames |
— |
176 |
| NE Thames |
— |
2 |
| SE Thames |
— |
— |
| SW Thames |
— |
35 |
| Wessex |
4 |
— |
| Oxford |
34 |
— |
| South Western |
— |
3 |
| West Midlands |
— |
6 |
| Mersey |
— |
61 |
| North Western |
274 |
6 |
| England |
361 |
296 |
| 1982 |
| Region |
Mental illness |
Mental handicap |
| Northern |
— |
2 |
| Yorkshire |
52 |
— |
| Trent |
— |
— |
| East Anglian |
— |
— |
| NW Thames |
— |
204 |
| NE Thames |
3 |
— |
| SE Thames |
1 |
— |
| SW Thames |
6 |
4 |
| Wessex |
2 |
— |
| Oxford |
59 |
— |
| South Western |
— |
— |
| West Midlands |
— |
— |
| Mersey |
— |
63 |
| North Western |
351 |
4 |
| England |
474 |
278 |