HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 c588W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the way the mental health services are operating in Scotland.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Mental health services in Scotland are designed to ensure that people with mental illness receive appropriate treatment either as in-patients or increasingly as out-patients or through a wide range of services in the community. The recommendations of the SHARPEN report, which the Government have endorsed, accord a high priority to care in the community whenever appropriate for people who are mentally ill. The proposals set out in the White Paper "Caring for People: Community Care in the Next Decade and Beyond" will bring further improvements in community care services for people with mental illness.

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