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The debate in the Lords on the Hospital Service, held on April 26th roved over a wide field but the mental health service had its full share of attention. Lord Stonham, who had initiated the debate, referred to the "disastrous speech" made by the Minister at the Annual Conference ?f the National Association for Mental Health and the forecast that in fifteen years only half the present number of mental hospital beds would be required, as "dangerous nonsense". The present overcrowded condition of mental hospitals and the increased longevity which must result in a greater demand for long-stay beds for deteriorated geriatric patients were two of the factors which would seem to contradict the validity of the Minister's optimistic estimate. In describing the facilities provided by a West Country mental hospital known to him, and the contacts it had made with the community of the area it served, Lord Stonham further said emphatically that in his view the idea of destroying or discouraging such a service in favour of "a local authority set-up which does
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