§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have moved out of hospitals as a result of the implementation of the Tilt report. [22089]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 13 December 2001]: Additional funding is being made available, as recommended in the Tilt report, to facilitate the movement, by 2004, of patients no longer needing high security care. The funding is being made available to aid the development of new services to help reduce delays in moving patients. A target for the number of patients to be moved, and the associated funding, has recently been agreed with each region.