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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute mental illness beds were available for (a) the elderly, (b) children and (c) other age groups in Sefton in each of the last three years; and how many were secure units. [177858] Miss Melanie Johnson: Information most closely associated with place of residency is not collected on a constituency level but at national health service trust level. The information is shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Elderly Children NHS organisation 2001-01 2001-02 2002-03 2001-01 2001-02 2002-03 Southport and Ormskirk -- -- -- -- -- -- NHS Trust Sefton PCT -- -- -- -- -- -- Five Boroughs -- -- 204 -- -- -- Partnership NHS Trust Cheshire and Wirral -- -- 142 -- -- 10 Partnership NHS Trust Mersey Care NHS Trust -- 151 149 -- -- -- Royal Liverpool -- -- -- 8 9 9 Childrens NHS Trust Other ages Secure (other) NHS organisation 2001-01 2001-02 2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Southport and Ormskirk -- -- -- -- -- -- NHS Trust Sefton PCT -- -- -- -- -- -- Five Boroughs -- -- 302 -- -- 20 Partnership NHS Trust Cheshire and Wirral -- -- 272 -- -- 15 Partnership NHS Trust Mersey Care NHS Trust -- 314 316 -- 17 44 Royal Liverpool -- -- -- -- -- -- Childrens NHS Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

177858; 422 c1540-2W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hospital beds Older people Mental health services Secure accommodation Long stay patients Sefton

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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