§ Ms. JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make it her policy that female psychiatric patients are given a choice as to whether they are cared for in a women-only or mixed ward;
(2) how many health authorities offer women the choice of being admitted to a women-only psychiatric ward.
§ Mr. YeoDecisions on the hospital ward accommodation of psychiatric patients are matters for local clinical and managerial judgment, taking into account the
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Parliamentary electors registered in each constituency in the West Midlands (county). 1983–87 Parliamentary constituency 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Aldridge-Brownhills BC 61,714 61,955 62,192 62,540 62,984 Birmingham, Edgbaston BC 55,503 55,477 55,386 54,929 54,797 Birmingham, Erdington BC 56,561 55,972 55,405 55,089 54,597 Birmingham, Hall Green BC 61,712 61,880 61,744 61,838 61,666 Birmingham, Hodge Hill BC 61,895 61,518 61,220 60,611 59,785 Birmingham, Ladywood BC 61,006 60,588 60,225 60,227 59,286 Birmingham, Northfield BC 75,151 75,164 74,931 74,641 73,956 Birmingham, Perry Barr BC 75,149 75,091 75,047 74,825 74,413 Birmingham, Selly Oak BC 72,390 72,490 72,409 72,686 72,821 Birmingham, Small Heath BC 59,916 59,783 58,714 58,225 57,253 Birmingham, Sparkbrook BC 54,155 53,632 53,395 53,438 53,594 Birmingham, Yardley BC 58,346 58,229 57,923 57,889 57,423 Coventry, North-East BC 67,609 68,045 68,075 68,094 68,291 Coventry, North-West BC 52,541 53,271 53,069 53,171 53,703 Coventry, South-East BC 52,989 52,662 52,361 51,897 52,476 Coventry, South-West BC 65,735 65,571 65,684 65,750 66,364 Dudley, East BC 75,718 75,788 75,896 75,932 76,154 Dudley, West BC 78,890 79,912 80,941 81,817 82,884 Halesowen and Stourbridge BC 77,385 77,729 77,857 78,252 78,979 Meriden CC 75,212 76,582 77,663 78,611 79,436 Solihull BC 74,556 75,069 76,148 77,474 78,855 Sutton Coldfield BC 68,617 70,030 71,258 72,442 73,128 Walsall, North BC 69,805 69,847 69,884 69,469 69,306 Walsall, South BC 68,097 68,144 68,046 67,990 67,659 Warley, East BC 58,255 57,845 57,404 56,756 56,365 Warley, West BC 57,910 58,110 58,263 58,332 58,240 West Bromwich, East BC 60,265 60,105 59,793 59,490 58,993 West Bromwich, West BC 59,124 59,408 59,482 59,543 59,705 Wolverhampton, North-East BC 64,493 64,760 64,312 64,308 64,237 Wolverhampton, South-East BC 57,039 56,900 55,996 56,637 56,404 Wolverhampton, South-West BC 69,576 69,271 69,427 68,867 69,303 Total 2,007,314 2,010,828 2,010,150 2,011,770 2,013,057 patient's wishes. Information on the number of health authorities offering women the choice of being admitted to a women-only psychiatric ward is not collected centrally.