§ Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what alterations will be necessary to continue the Kirkcaldy Orthopaedic Hospital in use for post-operative convalescent patients, when the orthopaedic department is transferred to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
§ Mr. NobleThe South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board has not yet reached a decision whether Kirkcaldy Orthopaedic Hospital is to be continued in use for hospital purposes.
§ Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many beds could 133W be made available for geriatric patients in the Victoria Hospital on its completion, if the Kirkcaldy Orthopaedic Hospital were used for post-operative convalescent patients.
§ Mr. NobleNone. The South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board takes the view that any beds that might become available by this means should be used for acute patients.
§ Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the nature of the structural alterations, and the cost of such alterations, made at Kirkcaldy Orthopaedic Hospital in each year from 1st April, 1959, to the latest convenient date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Noble
Year Nature of Expenditure Amount £ 1959–60 Improvement to female wards 1,330 Minor works 151 1960–61 Improvements to female wards 1,442 Improvements to surgical orthopaedic facilities 3,405 Minor works 31 1961–62 Improvements to surgical orthopaedic facilities 583 1962–63 Electrical re-wiring 2,588 1963–64 Nil — Total 9,530