§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of psychogeriatric patients in the central Nottinghamshire health authority area for each year from 1979 to 1987 inclusive.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 15 January 1988]: Patients being treated for the psychiatry of old age (psychogeriatrics) may be seen in mental illness or psychiatric wards. Local practice varies and central data may therefore be misleading. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of Central Nottinghamshire health authority for the information.