§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Scotland in each of the last five years; and how many of them were taken into local authority residential care in the same year.
§ Mrs. CurrieI am sorry I cannot give my hon. Friend all the information he seeks. Central information is not collected on the movement of people after discharge. The available figures are given in the table.
Discharges of people with main diagnosis schizophrenic psychoses. NHS mental illness hospitals and units in England. Year Number of discharges 1982 24,594 1983 25,336 1984 25,934 1985 26,225 1986 26,077