§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many hospital patients there are in300W each health and social services trust who require discharge to (a) a residential home (b) a nursing home and (c) domiciliary care. [85857]
§ Mr. McFallThis information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, a special survey was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Services on 26 February 1999. The attached table shows the number of patients within each Trust and Board area who were ready for discharge on that date, and where lack of funding for appropriate community care services was said to be the reason for their remaining in hospital.
Trust Number Royal Group 7 Belfast City 4 Green Park 5 Ulster Community and Hospitals 0 Down Lisburn 10 Mater 0 Eastern HSSB Total 26 Armagh and Bungannon 5 Newry and Mourne 0 Craigavon Area Hospital Group 25 Southern HSSB Total 30 Causeway 21 Homefirst 44 Northern HSSB Total 65 Foyle 0 Sperrin Lakeland 1 Western HSSB Total 1 N. I. Grand Total 122