§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many of them were taken into local authority residential care in the same year.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
Number 1986 981 1985 1,120 1984 1,096 1983 1,037 1982 985 These figures may include patients discharged more than once in the year.
Information about how many of these people were subsequently admitted into residential care provided by health and social services boards in Northern Ireland is not available.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people discharged from hospital following a main diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis and subsequently taken by the police under section to hospital have been refused admission in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. NeedhamThis information is not held centrally and could he obtained only at disproportionate cost from each of the psychiatric units in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what research projects his Department has funded to test the effectiveness of community care for people suffering from schizophrenic psychosis; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NeedhamNone.