§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if full X-ray facilities are now available at all Medway towns hospitals.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyAdequate facilities are now available at all these hospitals.
§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present nursing staff at each hospital in the Medway towns and how this compares with current establishment.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyThe following are the figures:
Hospital Nursing staff (whole-time equivalent) in post on 31 October 1969 Nursing staff establishment All Saints' Hospital, Chatham 261¼ 272¾ St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester 184¾ 175¼ Medway Hospital, Gillingham 96¾ 81¼ St. William's Hospital, Rochester 41¼ 32¼ Canada House Maternity Home, Gillingham 23 22¾
§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the consultant establishment at the Medway towns hospitals is complete; and at which hospitals 13W and in what specialised fields there are shortages.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyI am informed that there are the following vacancies:
(a) One new post in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Medway Hospital.
(b) Two posts in General Medicine, with an interest in chest diseases; of these, one is for:
and the other is for:
- Sheppey General Hospital,
- Medway Hospital,
- Keycol Hill Hospital;
- All Saints Hospital, Chatham.
- Rochester Chest Clinic,
- Hospitals in the Central Kent Group.
(c) Two posts in radiology; of these, one is for:
and the other is for:
- Sheppey General Hospital,
- St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
- Keycol Hill Hospital,
- Gravesend and North Kent Hospital;
- Sheppey General Hospital,
- Medway Hospital,
- Hospitals in the Central Kent Group.
§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the establishment for junior medical staff in all Medway hospitals is filled; how many vacancies exist; and what steps are being taken to fill them.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyI am informed that there are four senior house officer vacancies. All are newly-created posts, and they are currently being advertised.
§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now authorise the increase in nursing establishment for hospitals in the Medway towns which has been submitted to him for approval by the regional hospital board.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyThe nursing staff establishment for the Medway and Gravesend Hospital Management Committee group is determined by the regional hospital board, which does not require my right hon. Friend's approval for it.