§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many residential places have been provided in the community for patients discharged from mental hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years;
(2) how many residential places have been provided in the community for patients discharged from mental hospitals in Northern Ireland with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses in each of the last 10 years;
(3) how many residential places in the community have been provided for patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses discharged from mental hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is not held centrally. Local provision of living accommodation available for those discharged from mental hospitals comprises a wide range of residential types including hostels, group homes, residential and nursing homes and private accommodation run by individual carers. This range of accommodation is operated by the statutory, private and voluntary sectors and is not necessarily solely for those discharged from mental hospitals.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses have been discharged from mental hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe available information is given below:
Year Number of discharges 1986 981 1985 1,120 1984 1,096 1983 1,037 1982 985 1981 1,015 1980 1,078 1979 983 1978 1,063 1977 1,040 These figures may include patients discharged more than once in the same year.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many long-stay mental patients he expects there will be in Northern Ireland in each of the next seven years.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is not available centrally.