§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many current occupants of National Health Service hospital and unit beds in Wales have a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses; and what those figures are as a percentage of(a) mental and (b) all beds in Wales.
§ Mr. GristIt is not known how many of the current occupants of National Health Service hospital and unit beds in Wales have a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses; however, it is estimated that on average about 376 beds in 1987 were occupied daily by this category of patient. This represents 9.8 per cent. of the average daily occupied by mental illness1 beds and 2.3 per cent. of all occupied beds.
Admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenic psychoses, 1986–87, by order of admission and diagnosis, and showing percentage change 1986–87 and rates Numbers Rates per 100,000 population Percentage First admissions Readmissions All admissions First admissions Readmissions All admissions change 1986 1987 1986 1987 1986 1987 1986 1987 1986 1987 1986 1987 1986–87 Simple type 5 7 32 51 37 58 0.18 0.25 1.13 1.80 1.31 2.04 56.76 Hebephrenic type 1 1 27 30 28 31 0.04 0.04 0.96 1.06 0.99 1.09 10.71 Catatonic type 2 1 9 9 11 10 0.07 0.04 0.32 0.32 0.39 0.35 -9.09 Paranoid type 39 42 222 220 261 262 1.38 1.48 7.87 7.76 9.25 9.24 0.38 Acute schizophrenic episode 17 7 50 22 67 29 0.60 0.25 1.77 0.78 2.38 1.02 -56.72 Latent schizophrenia 0 0 3 2 3 2 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.07 0.11 0.07 -33.33 Residual schizophrenic 12 3 279 213 291 216 0.43 0.11 9.89 7.51 10.32 7.62 -25.77 Schizoaffective type 16 19 133 143 149 162 0.57 0.67 4.71 5.04 5.28 5.71 8.72 Other Schizophrenia 3 2 10 9 13 11 0.11 0.07 0.35 0.32 0.46 0.39 -15.38 Unspecified Schizophrenia 111 80 925 1,014 1,036 1,094 3.93 2.82 32.75 35.75 36.72 38.37 5.60 Total 206 162 1,690 1,713 1,896 1,875 7.30 5.71 59.91 60.40 67.21 66.11 -1.11 Source: Mental Health Enquiry Ref: 88M/32A
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Wales in the last year; and how many were admitted for a hospital stay more than once during the year.
§ Mr. GristIn 1987, there were 1,832 discharges or deaths of persons with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales; it is not known how many patients were admitted more than once during the year.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many people discharged from hospital following a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses and subsequently taken by the police under the Mental Health Act to hospital have been refused admission in Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GristThis information is not available.
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Schizophrenia Psychoses Deaths Discharges Discharged directly to local authority Residential Accommodation Home for the Mentally disordered 1983 21 1,715 11 3 1984 20 1,701 19 0 1985 22 1,833 13 8 1 Mental illness, mental illness (children), adolescent psychiatry, elderly mentally infirm and psychogeriatrics.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the admissions by diagnosis and order of admissions, including percentage change in numbers and rates per 100,000 population, of patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses in Wales in the last year for which figures are available;
(2) if he will list the admissions by diagnosis and order of admissions, including percentage change in numbers and rates per 100,000 population, of patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses, in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what research projects his Department is funding in the current year to test the effectiveness of community care for people suffering from schizophrenia psychoses; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristThe Department of Health's directly commissioned research covers Wales and I refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to him today by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Wales in each of the last five years; and how many of them were taken into local authority residential care in the same year.
§ Mr. GristThe information is given in the following table:
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Deaths Discharges Discharged directly to local authority Residential Accommodation Home for the Mentally disordered 1986 26 1,824 17 1 1987 30 1,802 18 2
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received in the last year on the provision of community care for patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses discharged from National Health Service mental hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristWe have received a number of representations about the development of community based services for those suffering from mental illnesses, including those with schizophrenia. The bulk of these have been received in response to our strategic proposals for the development of mental illness services which we published in a consultation document in May of this year. We intend to issue a final document in the light of these responses next spring.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many people discharged from mental illness hospitals in Wales in the last year after a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses having been proved vulnerable homeless subsequently became voluntary homeless.