HC Deb 16 May 2002 vol 385 c857W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons were for the selection of Lord Hunt of King's Heath as the Department of Health's Design Champion. [47022]

Ms Blears

The Department's design programme "Achieving Excellence in Healthcare Design" was launched by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in November 2001. This programme will be realised by NHS Estates.

Table 1: Prevalence of mental disorder among homeless people in 1994 Great Britain
Percentage assessed with disorder
Type of disorder
Psychotic disorder1 Neurotic disorders2 Alcohol dependence Drug dependence3 GHQ12 score4>=4
Homeless adults in
Hostels 8 41 16 11 39
Private sector leased accommodation 2 38 3 7 42
Nightshelters n/a n/a 44 29 59
Sleeping rough and using day centres n/a n/a 50 24 57
1 Disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
2 Disorders such as depression, generalised anxiety disorders, phobias, etc. (often called common mental disorders).
3People were defined as dependent on a drug if they had taken it every day for two weeks or more in the past year, and they had taken the drug more than prescribed, without prescription or to get high.
4 The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) is a short questionnaire designed to detect mental health problems. Comparison between GHQ scores in the samples of residents in hostels and private sector leased accommodation and the measure of neurotic disorders used in this survey showed that a person scoring four or above has a high probability of being assessed as having a neurotic disorder.

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