HC Deb 09 February 1987 vol 110 c137W
Mr. Robin Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the number of long-stay patients currently in residence in each mental hospital.

Mrs. Currie

I regret this information is not at present collected centrally. Statistics on resident patients by length of stay will become available following the introduction of new information systems in the National Health Service later this year.

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