HC Deb 01 July 1964 vol 697 cc252-3W
Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Health (1) what part Tehidy Chest Hospital is expected to play in the hospital organisation of West Cornwall when Treliske area hospital is completed;

(2) what part Budock Hospital is expected to play in the hospital organisation of West Cornwall when the Treliske area hospital is completed;

(3) what part Falmouth Hospital is expected to play in the hospital organisation of West Cornwall when the Treliske area hospital is completed;

(4) what part Camborne-Redruth district hospital is expected to play in the hospital organisation of West Cornwall when the Treliske area hospital is completed;

(5) whether he will make a progress report on the Treliske, Cornwall, area hospital now in course of erection, stating when the first phase will be completed, what it is expected to cost, and what services it will provide; and if he will indicate the nature, timing and cost of further phases until the whole project is finished;

(6) whether he will make a statement on the future of Barncoose Geriatric Hospital, Cornwall.

Mr. Braine

The first phase of the new district general hospital at Treliske, 180 acute beds with supporting services, is expected to be commissioned within two years at a cost of about £2 million. The second phase of 80 maternity beds and 20 special care baby cots, costing over £1 million, is expected to start by the end of this year. The third phase of about 200 acute beds and supporting services is due to start in the second quinquennium, but its scope and cost are under review. Further phases are not yet settled.

It is too early to say what the effect of the completion of the hospital will be on existing hospitals in the area. Barncoose will be retained as a geriatric hospital but the future use of Camborne-Redruth, Budock and Tehidy Hospitals will be reviewed in consultation with the local interests concerned in advance of the completion of the third phase of Treliske. The Regional Hospital Board propose that Falmouth Hospital should be used for paediatric and post-operative recovery patients after the completion of the first phase of Treliske.