Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 1: Guidance on long-stay elderly patients in the transition
From Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Whittingham Hospital.
Recommendation
The Department are, we understand, about to issue guidance on the problems of transition from mental illness services based on specialist psychiatric hospitals such as Whittingham to those based on units in general hospitals. Further thought and advice are urgently needed on provision that will have to be made for elderly long-stay patients who cannot be permanently accommodated in these new general hospital departments.
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 42
Reference: 112 (1)
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Source
Inquiry
Whittingham Inquiry
Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Whittingham Hospital