HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 c504W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 June,Official Report, column 111, whether the national survey by the NHS executive of the water tower mental hospitals in England will provide the same information as the previous surveys conducted for the mental health task force. [38434]

Mr. Malone

The survey will be conducted by the national health service executive regional offices. It will provide information on water tower hospitals in the context of health authority plans whereas the review commissioned by the mental health task force collected information on a trust-by-trust basis.