asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many officials of his Department attended the conference in London recently on mental health service planning which it arranged jointly with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Including sessional chairmen, 22 professional and administrative staff from our Department attended some part of the conference on "Mental Health Service Planning" held on 7 and 8 March 1985.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has any proposals for implementing any of the recommendations made at the recent conference in London on mental health service planning attended by representatives of his Department and by representatives of the British Association of Social Workers, the British Psychological Society, MENCAP, MIND, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Nursing.
The conference held on 7–8 March was organised jointly by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and our Department. Other participants were drawn from regional and district health authorities, local authorities, local authority associations, the National Association of Health Authorities, professional organisations and voluntary organisations working in the field of mental illness and mental handicap.The conference was held to enable participants to look jointly at problems associated with the implementation of our policies for mental health service planning in England and Wales. It was not constituted to consider or vote on formal recommendations. A wide variety of opinions was
Table | ||||
Region | Area/District | Hospital | Type of Hospital Mental Illness (MI) or Mental Handicap (MH) | Date Approved |
(i) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure May 1979·December 1979 | ||||
Trent | Sheffield | Wales Court Hospital | MH | December 1979 |
(ii) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1980 | ||||
South West Thames | East Surrey | Clerks Croft Hospital | MI | September 1980 |
West Midlands | Hereford and Worcester | Holme Lacy Hospital | MI | November 1980 |
Mersey | Liverpool | Liverpool Psychiatric Day Hospital | MI | September 1980 |
(iii) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1981 | ||||
Yorkshire | Wakefield | Carr Gate Hospital | MI | November 1981 |
Wakefield | Newton Lodge Annex | MI | November 1981 | |
Trent | Sheffield | St. Joseph's Hospital | MH | November 1981 |
North West Thames | Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | Temple Hill House | MI | March 1981 |
Mersey | Chester | Tabley Hostel | MH | December 1981 |
(iv) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1982 | ||||
South East Thames | Tunbridge Wells | Mansell House | MH | December 1982 |
North Western | Bolton | Hovercroft Free Discharge Unit | MI | February 1982 |
(v) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1983 | ||||
Trent | South Derbyshire | Blakeley | MI | March 1983 |
North West Thames | Victoria | Vincent Square Day Hospital | MI | December 1983 |
Victoria | All Saints Hospital | MI | December 1983 | |
North East Thames | North East Essex | Essex Hall | MH | July 1983 |
Wessex | Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | Sandy Point | MH | November 1983 |
South Western | Frenchay | Leigh Court | MH | June 1983 |
(vi) MI and MH Hospitals approved for complete closure 1984 | ||||
Trent | Sheffield | Scott Road and Commonside Hostels | MH | October 1984 |
expressed. The participants had before them the recommendations in the Social Services Committee report on community care with special reference to adult mentally ill and mentally handicapped people, published on 28 February. In considering our response to that Report we are taking account of points made at the conference.