HC Deb 06 May 1954 vol 527 c578
53 Mr. Parkin

asked the Minister of Health the number of beds and the number of nursing staff in St. Mary's, University College, St. Charles, Paddington, and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals, respectively.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Since the reply contains a number of figures I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Parkin

Having studied these figures, will the Minister note the grave disadvantages which hospitals that are not teaching hospitals suffer in regard to staffing, and will he do something to remedy this state of affairs?

Mr. Macleod

There is certainly a difference in the staff ratio between ordinary and teaching hospitals—there always has been—but they perform very different functions.

Following are the figures:

The position at 31st December, 1953, was as follows. Later figures are not available.