HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 cc472-3W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients in Wales suffering from schizophrenia and discharged from hospital in 1986 and 1987 after a second or subsequent admission went(a) to their own homes, (b) to local authority residential accommodation, (c) to live with a relative elsewhere, (d) to private residential accommodation, (e) to residential accommodation provided by voluntary bodies and (f) to other accommodation.

Mr. Grist

Information in the form requested is not available. Details of after-care arrangements for discharged patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia are as follows:

Discharges, after a second or subsequent admission
1986 1987
Local authority residential accommodation 18 20
Psychiatric hospitals 87 87
Non-psychiatric hospitals 20 24
Mental nursing homes 2
Convalescent or after-care home 18 23
Other forms of after-care1 1,460 1,511
Total 1,603 1,667
1 Including for example, that provided by GP's, out-patient departments and those not requiring further treatment.

Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients suffering from schizophrenia and discharged from Welsh hospitals in 1986 and 1987 after a first admission went(a) to their own homes, (b) to local authority residential accommodation, (c) to live in with a relative elsewhere, (d) to private residential accommodation, (e) to residential accommodation provided by voluntary bodies and (f) to other accommodation.

County 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 11988
Clwyd 365 334 364 343 336 320
Dyfed 1,021 1,065 1,088 1,087 1,048 993
Gwent 335 93 139 151 220 204
Gwynedd 482 477 466 414 462 415
Powys 497 492 490 487 479 456
Mid Glamorgan 107 84 34 32 60 89
South Glamorgan 109 96 48 55 90 103
West Glamorgan 138 103 64 53 115 111
Total 3,054 2,744 2,693 2,622 2,810 2,691
1Provisional.

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