§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services which district health authorities in the west midlands have been visited by the Health Advisory Service since its inception and when these visits took place.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 25 January 1988]: The information required is in the table. The Health Advisory Service makes visits to monitor services provided for the elderly and the mentally ill.
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Visits in respect of services for District Health Authority The elderly The mentally ill Bromsgrove and Redditch 1974 1973, 1981 Central Birmingham 1970, 1986 1972, 1982, 1986 Coventry 1973 1981, 1984, 1986 Dudley 1974 1972 East Birmingham 1974, 1986 1972 Herefordshire 1973, 1980, 1984 1970, 1985 Kidderminster 1981 1986 Mid-Staffordshire 1974 (twice) 1972 1975, 1980 North Birmingham 1974, 1982, 1984 1972, 1979, 1985 North Staffordshire 1974, 1978 1972, 1984 North Warwickshire — 1984 Rugby 1980 1984 Sandwell 1974, 1984 1979 Shropshire 1974 (twice) 1972, 1981 Solihull 1987 1972, 1981, 1984 South Birmingham 1974, 1986 1972, 1980 South Warwickshire 1974 1984 Walsall 1974 — West Birmingham 1973, 1983, 1986 1979 Wolverhampton 1974, 1975 1972 Worcestershire 1973, 1974 (twice) 1972 (twice) 1981 1985 There were also visits to examine services for the elderly mentally ill specifically to Coventry, South Warwickshire and Wolverhampton in 1981 and Wolverhampton again in 1987.