HC Deb 29 March 1988 vol 130 cc441-2W
Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychosis have been discharged from mental hospitals in each health region in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

Discharges of persons from NHS mental illness hospitals and units in England with a primary diagnosis of Schizophrenic psychoses, 1980–86.
Region Numbers
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
England 25,240 25,992 24,594 25,336 25,934 26,225 26,077
Northern 1,844 1,802 1,750 1,808 1,858 1,799 1,767
Yorkshire 2,214 2,258 2,005 2,216 2,294 2,199 2,282
Trent 2,191 2,253 2,183 2,202 2,156 2,112 2,064
East Anglia 648 846 771 753 772 765 791
North West Thames 2,287 2,490 2,281 2,414 2,373 2,397 2,469
North East Thames 2,378 2,588 2,472 2,526 2,562 2,596 2,663
South East Thames 1,949 2,054 1,842 1,977 1,983 2,052 1,927
South West Thames 1,833 1,714 1,651 1,649 1,713 1,685 1,615
Wessex 1,418 1,499 1,437 1,393 1,452 1,443 1,551
Oxford 655 643 643 670 707 781 845
South Western 1,324 1,288 1,234 1,310 1,280 1,304 1,264
West Midlands 2,664 2,514 2,520 2,534 2,485 2,458 2,478
Mersey 1,217 1,279 1,266 1,325 1,377 1,488 1,412

at 30 September 1987. 98 per cent. were entitled to the full basic pension of £23–75; about one half received more than a basic pension by way of earnings-related pension or other increases.