HC Deb 29 February 1960 vol 618 cc805-6
25. Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Health when a lift is to be installed in Meneage Hospital in west Cornwall.

Miss Pitt

I am informed that the South Western Regional Hospital Board recognises the need for a lift at this hospital but cannot yet say when it will be able to include its provision in their capital programme.

Mr. Hayman

Will the hon. Lady bear in mind that this is a long-stay hospital for the elderly chronic sick which serves most of west Cornwall, that it was formerly a workhouse and that many times nurses and sisters have to help patients up and down stairs? Is it not time the regional board was asked to have the lift installed quickly? Will the hon. Lady look into the matter?

Miss Pitt

The board has a number of such hospitals in its area. I know that it has this matter very much in mind because my hon. Friend the Member for St. Ives (Mr. G. R. Howard), in whose constituency the hospital lies, is repeatedly pressing the matter upon the board.