§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the targets for improvements in mental health services which she has asked the national health service executive to monitor with regard to the care of patients in the special supervision group identified by the Ritchie report.
§ Mr. BowisFrom April 1 1994, providers of mental health services will be required to establish supervision registers of those patients with a severe mental illness, who may pose a significant risk to themselves or others. The national health service executive will monitor the introduction of the registers to ensure that all patients in contact with the specialist psychiatric services have been assessed for inclusion on local registers by October 1994. The executive will also be monitoring provider units to ensure that all patients in contact with the specialist psychiatric services are subject to the care programme approach.