§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on progress by district health authorities on their proposals for community care; and if he will take steps to collate the relevant returns from district health authorities.
§ Mr. WhitneyMuch has been done to develop community care but much remains to be done. More information is given in the Government's response (Cmnd. 9674) to the report of the Social Services Committee on community care, in relation to services for mentally handicapped and mentally ill people. The collection of information on community health services provided by district health authorities is undertaken by regional health authorities. Detailed information on individual district health authorities is not collected centrally and there are no plans to do so.