§ 86. Sir A. Hurdasked the Minister of Health if he has considered the annual report of the Reading and District Hospital Management Committee for the year ended March last which discloses a rapid increase in patients awaiting treatment because of the limited sources of the Royal Berkshire Hospital; and what extensions, in addition to the ophthalmic block already approved, he will now authorise.
§ Mr. Powell:Yes; I have now asked the regional hospital board to go forward with the next phase of development, which comprises the services essential for renewing and expanding this hospital.