HC Deb 19 November 1987 vol 122 cc637-41W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients, excluding deceased patients, who were in-patients for over one year, were discharged in each year since 1982; what were the destinations of these patients; and what arrangements have been made to maintain contact with them.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 10 November 1987]: The type of information held centrally about discharges differs between general hospitals and psychiatric hospitals in the NHS in Scotland.

The available information relating to discharges and destinations of patients discharged from general hospitals after a stay of more than one year is as follows

1982 1983 1984 1985
Discharge home 157 159 214 144
Discharge to convalescent hospital/home 43 36 34 37
Discharge to another hospital 500 747 588 638
Discharge to local authority care 71 44 82 50
Transfer to other specialty in same hospital 61 49 69 61
Other 28 22 32 31
Total 860 1,057 1,019 961

Information relating to discharges, destinations and after-care arrangements of patients discharged after a stay of more than one year in a mental illness or mental handicap hospital is set out in the tables. Columns 1–10 in each table refer to after-care arrangements as follows:

  1. 1. general practitioner
  2. 2. out-patient clinic
  3. 3. local authority mental health services
  4. 4. community mental health services
  5. 5. day hospital
  6. 6. other form of after-care
  7. 7. statutory guardianship
  8. 8. more than one after-care arrangement
  9. 9. no after-care arrangement
  10. 10. not known.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Total 153 33 11 7 10 169 — 409 110 — 902
1983
Discharged home—living with relative(s) or friend(s) 73 22 1 5 3 12 — 229 25 — 370
Discharged home—living alone 19 3 — 2 2 2 — 56 2 — 86
Discharged to a hostel for ex-patients 14 2 3 2 4 6 — 36 — — 67
Discharged to other hostel/home 14 — 3 1 1 15 — 78 26 — 138
Transferred to another hospital(mental illness) 6 — 3 3 — 69 — 10 35 — 126
Transferred to another hospital(mental handicap) — — 4 1 1 22 — 3 82 — 113
Transferred to a psychiatric unit in a general hospital — — — 1 — 41 — 4 49 — 95
Transferred to geriatric in-patient care 10 — — — — 15 — 7 6 — 38
Transferred to other in-patient care 3 1 — 1 — 39 — 11 15 — 70
Discharged to a penal institution — — — — — 6 — — 2 — 8
Discharged to other type of residence 11 — — 1 — 3 — 39 2 — 56
Not known 4 3 — — — — — — 5 — 12
Total 154 31 14 17 11 230 — 473 249 — 1,179
1984
Discharged home—living with relative(s) or friend(s) 74 17 1 3 6 4 — 227 17 — 349
Discharged home—living alone 10 9 — — 2 1 — 38 — — 60
Discharged to a hostel for ex-patients 8 — — 1 2 4 — 36 — — 51
Discharged to other hostel/home 37 6 3 3 1 13 — 66 9 — 138
Transferred to another hospital(mental illness) 4 — 3 8 — 40 — 16 38 — 109
Transferred to another hospital(mental handicap) — — — 1 — 23 — 5 18 — 47
Transferred to a psychiatric unit in ageneral hospital 1 — — — — 8 — 3 4 — 16
Transferred to geriatric in-patient care 5 — — 1 1 11 — 1 5 — 24
Transferred to other in-patient care 2 — — — — 42 — 7 22 — 73
Discharged to a penal institution — — — — — 3 — — — — 3
Discharged to other type of residence 51 1 1 1 — 3 — 58 3 — 118
Not known 4 3 — — — — — 3 8 — 18
Total 196 36 8 18 12 152 — 460 124 — 1,006
1985
Discharged home—living with relative(s) or friend(s) 86 20 2 2 9 6 — 286 24 — 435
Discharged home—living alone 9 6 — 2 4 1 — 36 1 — 59
Discharged to a hostel for ex-patients 6 — 1 — — 1 — 54 3 — 65
Discharged to other hostel/home 28 3 1 4 — 22 — 67 10 — 135
Transferred to another hospital(mental illness) 2 — 3 2 — 94 — 9 90 — 200
Transferred to another hospital(mental handicap) 5 — 1 1 — 133 — 2 10 — 152
Transferred to a psychiatric unit in ageneral hospital 3 — — — — 50 — 13 6 — 72
Transferred to geriatric in-patient care 3 — — 2 1 10 — 16 3 — 35
Transferred to other in-patient care 3 — — 9 — 43 — 15 31 — 101
Discharged to a penal institution — — — — — 2 — — 4 — 6
Discharged to other type of residence 16 2 — — 1 5 — 44 4 — 72
Not known 4 — — 2 — — — 2 4 — 12
Total 165 31 8 24 15 367 — 544 190 — 1,344
1986
Discharged home—living with relative(s) or friend(s) 57 20 — 7 4 2 — 154 8 — 252
Discharged home—living alone 10 4 1 — 5 — — 30 — — 50
Discharged to a hostel for ex-patients 3 2 — — 1 1 — 49 — — 56
Discharged to other hostel/home 45 1 1 1 — 8 — 125 8 — 189
Transferred to another hospital(mental illness) — — 2 — — 77 — 4 20 — 103
Transferred to another hospital(mental handicap) 4 — 1 — — 51 — 7 4 — 67
Transferred to a psychiatric unit in ageneral hospital — — — — — 10 — 2 1 — 13
Transferred to geriatric in-patient care 6 — — — — 12 — 16 26 — 60
Transferred to other in-patient care 3 — 1 — — 52 — 13 22 — 91
Discharged to a penal institution — — — — — 1 — 1 — — 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Discharged to other type of residence 5 1 1 — — 5 — 58 1 — 71
Not known 8 1 1 — — — — 3 2 — 15
Total 141 29 8 8 10 219 — 462 92 — 969