HC Deb 19 February 1991 vol 186 cc90-1W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many mental illness hospital beds were available in Wales in 1978, 1982, 1986, and during each of the last three years.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Information on mental illness beds and other psychiatric beds, excluding mental handicap, is given in the table:

Average daily available NHS hospital beds
Specialty 1978 1982 1986 1987 1988 1989–90
Mental illness 5,352.4 4,526.7 4,200.4 3,956.1 3,808.9 2,586.1
Child and adolescent psychiatry 84.0 69.0 62.1 61.0 61.0 75.0
Forensic psychiatry — — — — — 9.5
Old age psychiatry 189.0 298.0 468.2 488.5 525.7 1,473.4
Total of above 5,625.4 4,893.7 4,730.7 4,505.6 4,395.6 4,144.0

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