§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Minister of Health how the rates of pay of staff in mental hospitals compare with the rise of the cost of living, in 1939, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1964, and 1966.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe table below gives figures for two representative grades of staff since the start of the National Health Service:
§ Mr. LoughlinOne hundred and fifty-three beds for geriatric and chronic sick, and 111 maternity beds. Work is expected to start on site next year on 46 additional geriatric beds, and early in 1968 on 73 additional maternity beds. There may be further small increases in the number of geriatric beds and the 7W Regional Hospital Board plan to establish later a 25–30 bed general practitioner maternity unit.