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Hospital Discharges

Volume 177: debated on Monday 23 July 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of (a) physically handicapped people, (b) mentally handicapped people and (c) mentally ill people who were discharged from hospital

Discharges by duration of stay 1983 to 1987–881
Length of stay19831984198519861987–88
(a) Physically handicapped people.
No information is available centrally.
(b) Mentally handicapped
Less than 1 month27,54931,54834,38036,15530,870
One month or more but less than 3 months1,2081,2131,1881,1781,100
Three months or more but less than 6 months326303378405570
Six months or more but less than 1 year256285309566
(c) Mental illness
Less than 1 month109,757112,759116,919115,868117,960
One month or more but less than 3 months48,59148,57450,32350,24545,250
Three months or more but less than 6 months10,39611,21911,40811,64514,250
Six months or more but less than 1 year4,6975,0434,9215,149
1For 1987–88 the figures given are for finished district spells which are not strictly comparable with the discharges shown for earlier years.