§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children have been admitted for (a) long-term care and (b) short-term care of less than three months duration, to mental handicap hospitals in the last full year; and if he will name the hospitals and their locations.
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§ Mr. WhitneyInformation is not collected centrally in precisely the form requested. The data that are readily available are given in the table. Some children had more than one admission and subsequent discharge during the
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Children under 16, admitted to, and discharged from, mental handicap hospitals and units in England during 1984 Number Regional and District Health Authority Hospital Admitted during 1984 Discharges during 1984 of children admitted during 1984 Children admitted during 1984 but not discharged by end of 1984 Length of stay Less than 3 months 3 months or more Northern Regional Health Authority North Tees Fairbrook 337 327 1 9 Aysgarth 16 15 — 1 West Cumbria Dovenby Hall 206 201 — 5 Darlington Aycliffe 162 159 — 3 Durham Earls House 159 149 3 7 Northumberland Northgate and District 51 48 1 2 Prudhoe 29 17 2 10 South Tyneside Monkton Hall 1 1 — — Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull Brandesburton 228 219 1 7 Tilworth Grange 226 219 — 7 York Claypenny 11 11 — — Harrogate Whixley 6 6 — — Bradford Westwood 41 39 — 2 Airedale Castleberg 11 11 — — Calderdale Stansfield View 17 17 — — Leeds Eastern Meanwood Park 94 92 — 2 Wakefield Fieldhead 139 137 — 2 Trent Regional Health Authority North Derbyshire Ridgeway 5 5 — — Whittington Hall 1 1 — — Dronfield 17 15 — 2 South Derbyshire Bingham House Hostel 10 9 1 — Aston Hall 167 158 — 8 Leicestershire The Glenfrith Group 87 82 — 5 North Lincolnshire Harmston Hall 28 25 — 3 Caistor 15 15 — — South Lincolnshire Norton Lea 22 21 — 1 Bassetlaw Bassetlaw District 345 340 — 5 Central Nottinghamshire Balderton 20 17 — 3 Nottingham Nottingham City 263 253 1 9 Doncaster St. Catherine's Doncaster 32 29 — 3 Rotherham Rotherham District 266 258 — 8 Sheffield Ryegate Centre 367 357 2 8 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge Ida Darwin 79 77 — 2 Peterborough Gloucester Centre 197 191 — 5 West Suffolk Risbridge 7 7 — — East Suffolk St. Clements 16 13 — 3 Norwich Little Plumstead 45 44 — 1 Great Yarmouth Lothingland 79 76 — 3 North-West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire Bromham 33 32 — 1 North-West Hertfordshire Cell Barnes 180 175 1 4 Harperbury 13 12 — — South-West Hertfordshire Leavesden 25 24 — 1 Barnet Winifred House 65 60 — 5 Brent Kingsbury and St. Andrews 80 76 — 4 Paddington MH Unit, 291 Harrow Road 3 3 — — North-East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon/Thurrock South Ockendon 28 27 — 1 Mid Essex Bridge 114 108 1 5 North-East Essex The Royal Eastern Counties 92 86 — 6 Barking/Havering/Brentwood High Wood 58 53 — 5 Enfield Enfield (Chase Farm) 55 51 — 4 year and are represented more than once in the figures. Six of the children admitted during 1984, all with a length of stay of less than three months, died during the year.
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Regional and District Health Authority Hospital Admitted during 1984 Discharges during Discharges during 1984 of Children admitted during 1984 of children admitted during 1984 but not discharged by end of 1984 Length of stay Less than 3 months 3 months or more Waltham Forest Leytonstone House 6 5 — 1 South-East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton Foredown 63 60 — 3 Hastings Hill House 6 6 — — Mount Pleasant 8 3 — 5 South-East Kent Eversley House 47 39 — 8 Canterbury and Thanet Lanthorne 25 24 — 1 Highland Court 1 1 — — Eastry 1 — — 1 Dartford and Gravesham Darenth Park 21 11 — 10 Maidstone Lenham 1 1 — — Tunbridge Wells Leybourne Grange 15 15 — — Greenwich Goldie Leigh 263 252 2 9 Bromley Cheyne 193 176 7 10 Lewisham and North Southwark Grove Park 3 1 — 2 South-West Thames Regional Health Authority North-West Surrey Botleys Park 60 57 — 3 Brook House 18 18 — — West Surrey/North-East Hampshire Northfield 26 24 — 2 Mid Surrey The Manor, Epsom 1 — — 1 East Surrey Royal Earlswood 99 94 — 5 Mid Downs Forest 138 134 2 2 Wandsworth Gardiner Hill Unit 3 3 — — Sutton Ellen Terry Home 3 2 — 1 Queen Mary's for Children 20 20 — — St. Ebba's 1 — 1 — Daffodil 2 2 — — Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorset The Oaks, Bournemouth 340 330 — 10 Castle Hill House 206 198 — 8 West Dorset Coldharbour 15 15 — — Henchard House 117 110 3 4 Portsmouth Coldeast 162 156 1 5 South-West Hampshire and Southampton Tatchbury Mount 88 82 1 5 Winchester Berweeke House Hotel 1 1 — — Bishopstoke House 3 3 — — The Old Rectory 259 246 2 11 Basingstoke Darlington House 1 1 — — Erdersley House 328 325 — 2 Salisbury Hillcote Hostel 166 161 — 5 Swindon The Lanterns 68 55 — 13 Burderop 14 14 — — Bath Amberley Unit 27 27 — — Beaumonds 19 19 — — Winsley Centre 3 3 — — Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire Church Hill House 17 15 — 2 West Berkshire Borocourt 8 6 — 2 Aylesbury Manor House 184 182 — 2 Kettering Rushden 224 204 — 20 Northampton Princess Marina 291 282 1 8 Oxford Bradwell Grove 42 41 1 — Hernes House 22 22 — — Holyrood House 1 1 — — South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol and West Yatton Hall 178 173 — 5 Frenchay Stoke Park 115 107 1 7 Southmead Hortham 91 90 — 1 Brentry 2 2 — — Cornwall Loreto House 1 — — 1 The Retreat 2 — — 2 St. Blazey for Children 9 3 — 6 West Heath House 2 2 — — Carn Brea House 20 17 1 2 Exeter Royal Western CTS Starcross 587 565 1 21 Langdon 1 1 — —
Regional and District Health Authority Hospital Admitted during 1984 Discharges during 1984 of children admitted during 1984 Children admitted during 1984 but not discharged by end of 1984 Length of stay Less than 3 months 3 months or more North Devon Kingsley 3 3 — — Plymouth Tarmar House 4 3 — — Torbay Steepway Hostel 2 2 — — Rosehill Childrens 492 481 — 11 Cheltenham Windrush 12 10 — 2 Gloucester Gransmoor 10 10 — — Selsley Vicarage 12 12 — — Thirlstaine Court 45 44 — 1 Standish 2 2 — — Twyver Unit 4 4 — — Somerset Sandhill Park 2 2 — — Norah Fry House 2 1 — 1 Selwood House 1 1 — — West Midlands Regional Health Authority Hereford 1 Ledbury Road Hereford 407 403 — 4 Kidderminster Lea 154 154 — — Lea Castle 72 68 1 2 Mid-Staffordshire White Lodge 97 95 — 2 North Staffordshire Stallington 56 54 — 2 North Warwickshire Chelmsley 70 65 1 4 South Warwickshire Weston 128 123 — 5 South Birmingham Monyhull 1 1 — — Coventry The Birches 437 430 — 7 Dudley Ridge Hill 269 265 — 3 Solihull Middlefield 274 270 4 Walsall St. Margaret's Birmingham 30 29 — 1 Mersey Regional Health Authority Crewe Barony 13 13 — — Carnage Hall 2 2 — — Halton Crow Wood 2 1 — 1 Warrington Newchurch 9 8 — 1 Eastern Sector Olive Mount Childrens 1 — — 1 Southport and Formby Greaves Hall 29 24 2 3 Wirral Ashton House 13 12 — 1 North Western Regional Health Authority Lancaster Royal Albert 31 31 — — Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Brockhall 99 99 — — Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Calderstones 2 2 — — West Lancashire Ormskirk Childrens 11 10 — 1 Bolton District Childrens MH Unit Bolton 51 51 — — Rochdale Scott House 81 77 — 4 Salford Swinton 77 76 — 1 Stockport Offerton House 2 2 — — Tameside and Glossop The Willows Droylesden 288 279 — 9