§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of in-patient beds for registered drug addicts in each of the regional health authorities covering London.
§ Mrs. CurrieIn-patient beds are not set aside for the treatment of registered drug addicts and most people admitted for drug misuse are treated in general psychiatric wards. At December 1985 the numbers of beds available in the four Thames regional health authorities in special in-patient units for the treatment of drug misuse were 48 beds in South-East Thames regional health authority (exclusively for drug misusers) and 50 beds in North-West Thames regional health authority (for drug and/or alcohol misusers).