HC Deb 03 March 1999 vol 326 c783W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people discharged from hospital following a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses and subsequently taken to hospital by the police under the Mental Health Acts in Wales were refused admission in the last year for which figures are available. [73235]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

The information requested is not held centrally.

Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.

Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were admitted for a hospital stay more than once during the last year in Wales. [73234]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

In 1998 there were 1,521 hospital spells in NHS hospitals in Wales where the