§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the financial allocations to each of the Scottish health boards for psychiatric and mentally handicapped provision as a proportion of their overall budget for the last five years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythIt is for health boards to decide the appropriate provision for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped from within their overall allocations, and there is no specific earmarking of resources for this purpose.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the Aberdeen Telford survey on nurse staffing levels in mentally handicapped and psychiatric hospitals carried out in 1986; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Aberdeen formula and the Telford consultative approach are two methods of assessing nursing staff requirements at the individual hospital and ward level. The Telford approach was recommended to health boards by the Scottish Home and Health Department in 1986 for use in mental handicap hospitals.