§ David TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether examples of good practice in the provision of clothing to long-stay patients in mental health inpatient units collected from NHS trusts have been placed on the National Institute of Mental Health for England's website; [179007]
(2) how many and what examples of good practice in the provision of clothing to long-stay patients in mental health in-patient units have been collected from NHS trusts by the National Institute of Mental Health for England to date. [179013]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe National Institute for Mental Health in England does not, at present, have any examples of good practice in the provision of clothing to long-stay psychiatric in-patient units on its web site.
§ David TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the level of support available from local authorities to people with mental health problems since the Social Exclusion Unit's inquiry into mental health issues. [179012]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Department has not made a systematic assessment of the level of support available from local authorities to people with mental health problems since the social exclusion unit's mental health project.
Primary care trust chief executives and local authority directors of social services, in conjunction with other local authority departments, have lead responsibility for drawing up a local action plan to implement the measures in the report.
The Department has made available to local councils with social services responsibilities £22 million in ring-fenced mental health supported capital expenditure to support the capital costs associated with implementing the social exclusion unit's mental health project.