§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 17 February, to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam Lady Olga Maitland,Official Report, column 202, if she will make it a requirement to register patients suffering from schizophrenia.
§ Mr. YeoWe have no plans for this type of registration. District health authorities, in collaboration with local social services departments, are required to initiate individually tailored care programmes for all in-patients about to be discharged from mental illness hospitals and all new patients accepted by the specialist psychiatric services.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what communications she has had with the World Health Organisation on schizophrenia.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe Department has regular contact with the World Health Organisation to discuss issues of common concern and exchange information on mental health issues including schizophrenia.