§ 60. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Health what provision is made in hospitals in West Cornwall for dealing with emergency cases; what proportion of such cases arise out of road accidents; and to what extent these increase in the holiday months.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithAll general hospitals in West Cornwall deal with emergency cases, but most of the more serious accident cases are taken to the Royal Cornwall Infirmary at Truro, which is the main traumatic and orthopaedic surgery centre for the area. It would require a special analysis of admissions, which I do not think would be justified, to establish what proportion of emergency cases arises from road accidents and to what extent road accident cases increase in holiday months. But the increase is certainly substantial.