§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the number of(a) women and (b) men receiving ECT each year; and what is the ratio between them.
§ Mr. BowisThe number of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) treatments in 1990–91 was 105,466 but a patient could receive more than one treatment during the year. It is estimated that five women receive ECT for every two men.