§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 13 March,Official Report, column 621, what progress is being made in developing outcome scales to assess the health and social functioning of mentally ill people; what the indicators will be; and how assessments will relate to treatment received. [31937]
§ Mr. BowisThe development of outcome scales to assess the health and social functioning of mentally ill people, which the Department has been undertaking with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, is nearing completion.
The outcome scales have now been approved for use with non-elderly adults and the national health service executive priorities and planning guidance for 1997–98 requires health authorities to make progress with information systems to support their introduction.
§ Dr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the results of the south London survey into the met and unmet health and social care needs in the community among mentally ill people will be available. [31942]
§ Mr. BowisThe results of the survey being conducted by the Medical Research Council at its unit at the Institute of Psychiatry will be published later this year and will be promulgated through the medical literature.