HC Deb 28 March 1988 vol 130 cc284-5W
Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychosis have been discharged from mental hospitals in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is as follows:

Number of Discharges with primary diagnosis of schizophrenia
Year Number
1977 2,983
1978 2,995
1979 3,069
1980 3,314
1981 3,348
1982 3,036
1983 3,299
1984 3,489
1985 3,568
1986 (Provisional) 3,380

Information is not yet available for 1987.

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