§ 30. Dr. Dickson Mabonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he intends to revise the Hospital Plan for Scotland, Command Paper No. 1602, in view of recent population reports and professional representations to him.
§ Mr. NobleIn considering further extensions of the Hospital Plan for Scotland, I will take these matters into account.
§ Dr. MabonMay we assume from that reply that since there is concern about geriatric, maternity and mental beds, the Secretary of State proposes to take a leaf out of the Minister of Health's book and to publish a revised Hospital Plan in the very near future?
§ Mr. NobleI cannot give a promise about the timing of this, but these things are certainly being considered.
§ Mr. WoodburnIs the Secretary of State aware that there are serious doubts in medical and other opinion about the wisdom of reconstructing the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh as proposed in the Hospital Plan and that a great many well-advised people consider that it would be much better to build a completely new hospital and to use the present Royal Infirmary for geriatric beds and thus satisfy both needs at much less expense?