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Harlow Wood Hospital
Mr. Tipping : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the future plans for the Harlow Wood hospital ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : No final decision has been made on the long-term future of the hospital and local managers are currently considering the options.
Stockport DHA
Ms. Coffey : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) full-time nursing staff and (b) staff with management responsibilities were employed by Stockport district health authority in 1990 and at the most recent available date.
Dr. Mawhinney : In September 1990 there were 1,317 nursing and midwifery staff employed full-time and in September 1991 there were 1,053.
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The number of staff employed with a management role is a matter for the district health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. F. A. Russell, the chairman of Stockport health authority, for details.Special Hospitals
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population of the three special hospitals in England and Wales for the last date available were (a) female, (b) black and (c) aged under 21 years.
Mr. Yeo : The information requested is in the tables.
Percentage of female patients in special hospitals on 18 January 1993 Broadmoor |Rampton |Ashworth |Total Per cent. |Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent. -------------------------------------------------- 19.8 |20.3 |11.6 |16.9
Percentages of special hospital patients by ethnic group on
18 January 1993
Ethnic Group Per cent. of Percentage of all
patients in: patients in special
hospitals
Broadmoor |Rampton |Ashworth
Per cent. Per cent.
Per cent.
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Black- |10.9 |11.1 |8.0 |9.9
Caribbean
Black- |2.2 |0.9 |0.8 |1.3
African
Black- |2.8 |0 |0 |0.8
Other
Indian |1.2 |0.9 |0.8 |1.0
Pakistani |0.4 |0.6 |1.0 |0.7
Bangladeshi |0.2 |0 |0 |0.1
Chinese |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2
White |79.8 |83.4 |86.8 |83.6
Other |2.2 |3.0 |2.6 |2.6
Percentage of patients aged under 21 years in special hospitals on 18 January 1993 Broadmoor |Rampton |Ashworth |Total Per cent. |Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent. -------------------------------------------------- 0.6 |0.9 |1.0 |0.8
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a full breakdown of the ages of the population of each of the three special hospitals in England and Wales.
Mr. Yeo : The available information as at 18 January 1993 is given in the table.
Special hospital
Age band |Broadmoor|Rampton |Ashworth |Total
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<18 |0 |0 |1 |1
18-21 |3 |5 |5 |13
21-25 |35 |26 |51 |112
25-35 |181 |153 |231 |565
35-45 |128 |200 |177 |505
45-55 |77 |108 |104 |289
55+ |71 |50 |58 |179
|--- |--- |--- |---
Total |495 |542 |627 |1,664
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NHS Employment (Hampshire)
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed (a) full time and (b) part time in the national health service in Hampshire in each year since 1987.
Dr. Mawhinney : The county of Hampshire consists of four whole DHAs ; Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, Southampton and South West Hampshire, Winchester, Basingstoke and North Hampshire ; and part of West Surrey and North East Hampshire DHA. As it is not possible to identify separately the information for individual units in West Surrey and North East Hampshire, the global figures have been included in the Hampshire figures given in the table.
The figures for 1991 exclude non-professional non-medical staff as they were collected on the Korner aggregate forms (KM 49) and it is not possible to disaggregate the information to district level.
Year |Full time|Part time|Total -------------------------------------------------- 1987 |- |- |28,240 1988 |- |- |28,740 1989 |15,010 |12,650 |29,060 1990 |15,380 |12,410 |29,190 1991 |10,600 |8,400 |19,000 <1>Non-professional non-medical staff groups include ancillary, administrative and clerical, maintenance, works, general and Senior Managers, Ambulance staff, and other non-professional non-medical staff. Source: Non Medical Manpower Census, Medical Manpower Census; HAP(STATS), NHSME. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures quoted are numbers not whole time equivalents.
Dental Care
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 22 October 1992, Official Report, column 371, what plans she has to publish the report of the oral health strategy group on proposed changes to dental policy ; and if she will make a statement.
Dr. Mawhinney : Following advice from the oral health strategy group, proposals for an oral health strategy for England are still being considered.
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Mental Illness
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the current effectiveness of care of the mentally disabled.
Mr. Yeo : The Government's long-standing policy is that people with mental illness should have access to all the services they need, as locally as possible, from long-term in-patient care for the severely and chronically ill to domiciliary support for those who can live near normal lives at home.
Research shows that patients moved from long stay mental illness hospitals to community programmes usually do well on transfer and they and their carers and relatives prefer community-based care. Evidence from such research both in this country and from abroad, particularly in the United States of America, strongly supports the conclusion that mentally ill people, including chronic and severe patients, can be successfully treated in the community.
To promote the development of comprehensive, local community care services for mentally ill people a mental health task force led by David King was set up last year. It will promote and assist the development of a concerted, comprehensive and speedy implementation of our policies for mental health services, with particular regard to the replacement of large long-stay institutions by more locally based and accessible services.
The Government are currently considering whether changes are needed to the mental health legislation to ensure the more effective delivery of care to the small minority of mentally ill people who refuse to participate voluntarily in their care programmes.
Regional Health Authority Appointments
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she will make a statement on the position of Sir Donald Wilson, currently chairman of the Mersey regional health authority, and the vacancy for the position of the chairman of the West Midlands health authority.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 19 January 1993] : Sir Donald Wilson ceased to be chairman of the Mersey regional health authority with effect from 11 January, when my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State appointed him as chairman of the West Midlands regional health authority. My right hon. Friend has appointed Professor A. M. Breckenridge as chairman of the Mersey regional health authority.
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