§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance was given to district health authorities in each financial year since 1981–82 regarding the provision of community facilities for the severely mentally ill.
§ Mr. YeoThe Department has issued the following guidance to district health authorities on the development of services for mentally ill people. Copies are available in the Library.
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Date HC(84)2 Health Services Development January 1984 Resource Distribution for 1984–85 Service Priorities, Manpower and Planning January 1984 HC(85)5 Health Services Development Resource Assumptions and Planning Guidelines January 1985 HC(86)2 Health Services Development Resource Assumptions and Planning Guidelines January 1986 HC(88)43 Health Services Development Resource Assumptions and Planning Guidelines July 1988 HC(89)5 Discharge of Patients from Hospital February 1989 HC(90)23 Health and Social Services Development 'Caring for People' The Care Programme Approach for People with a Mental Illness referred to the Specialist Psychiatric Services September 1990 HC(90)24 Specific Grant for the Development of Social Care Services for People with a Mental Illness September 1990 HC(90)32 Supplementary Credit Approval for the Development of Social Care Services for People with a Mental Illness December 1990 HSG(91)23 People with a Mental Illness: Local Authority Specific Grant for 1992–93 November 1991 HSG(91)25 People with a Mental Illness: Supplementary Credit Approval for Capital Funding in 1992–93 December 1991 EL(92)13 Implementing 'Caring for People' March 1992 EL(92)65 Implementing 'Caring for People' Guidelines September 1992 HSG(92)51 People with a Mental Illness Local Authority Specific Grant for 1993–94 December 1992 HSG(92)52 People with a Mental Illness Supplementary Credit Approval for Capital Funding in 1993–94 December 1992
§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the different forms of support for the severely mentally ill which packages of community care can comprise.
§ Mr. YeoThese are listed in paragraph 5 of "Development of Services for People with Learning Disabilities (Mental Handicap) or Mental Illness in England", the fourth report prepared pursuant to section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (House of Commons paper 342).
§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were living in hospitals for the mentally ill in England in each district in each financial year since 1981–82.
§ Mr. YeoThe information is not readily available centrally in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community psychiatric nurses there were in England in each financial year since 1981–82; and how many of these were employed wholly or mainly in caring for the severely mentally ill in the community.
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§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on the number of community psychiatric nurses as at 30 September each year is given in the table.
Whole-time equivalents Community psychiatric nurses 1981 1,080 1982 1,240 1983 1,430 1984 1,880 1985 2,310 1986 2,530 1987 2,770 1988 3,080 1989 3,380 1990 3,600 1991 3,760 Note: Figures have been independently rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents.
Data are not collected centrally on the number employed wholly or mainly in caring for the severely mentally ill.