HC Deb 09 March 1988 vol 129 c260W
Dr. Owen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the most recent figures for the number of(a) full-time consultant psychiatrists, (b) adult in-patients, (c) out-patient attendances and (d) day patient attendances in hospitals for the mentally ill.

Mrs. Currie

The information requested is set out in the table.

Mental illness: Consultant staff and hospital attendance England 1986
Number
Consultants (WTE)1 in adult mental illness and psychotherapy (at 30 September):
Total 1,128
Whole-time 843
Maximum part-time2 141
Other part-time 144
In-patients, aged 16 and over (at 31 December) 59,780
Total out-patient attendances 1,720,895
Day patient attendances in main hospitals 940,167
Day patient attendances in day hospitals 2,770,869
1 Whole-time equivalents, rounded to nearest whole number.
2 These are usually treated as whole-time staff to reflect their substantially whole-time commitment.