§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia eligible for after-care under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and discharged after detention under (a) section 3, (b) section 37 and (c) sections 47 and 48 of the Act.
§ Mr. FreemanCentral statistics for 1986, the most recent year for which figures are held, show the following numbers of discharges with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia from National Health Service mental illness hospitals and units in England immediately subsequent to a period of formal detention under these sections of the494W Mental Health Act 1983: (a) section 3, 933; (6) section 37, 236; (c) section 47 and 48, 6. The numbers do not relate to individuals as the same patients may be discharged and readmitted more than once during the year.
All patients discharged following detention under these sections are eligible for after-care under section 117 of the Act.