HC Deb 12 December 1991 vol 200 c482W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the level of staffing required to meet the needs of schizophrenic patients within the community care programme.

Mr. Dorrell

It is for individual health and local authorities to determine their own manpower levels and requirements. In drawing up their community care plans, health and local authorities should agree a local framework for ensuring the availability of services and also the resources each authority will provide to obtain such services.