§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will consider urgently the case for specific grant for training social workers and other local authority staffs in the care of people with schizophrenia, in the light of the Spokes report and his statement to the House on 12 July,Official Report, columns 975–79.
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§ Mr. MellorSpecial training arrangements already exist for approved social workers working with mentally ill people under the Mental Health Act 1983. We shall keep under review the need for any further training initiatives for social services staff in the light of the future development of community care services.