§ Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action has been taken by the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board and by the Shrewsbury Hospital Management Committee following the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances leading to the fire at Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury, on the night of 25th-26th February, 1968.
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§ Mr. CrossmanCopies of a report by the General Purposes Committee of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board, which was approved by the Board itself on 28th May, 1969, will be placed in the Library of the House and made available to the Press today. It sets out in detail the action taken in regard to fire precautions by the regional hospital board and by the Shrewsbury Hospital Management Committee, before the fire, after the fire and before the Inquiry Report was received, and subsequently in the light of that Report. It also indicates the disciplinary action which was taken against two members of the hospital staff.
Since receiving this report I have discussed its contents with the Chairman of the Regional Hospital Board. I am satisfied that the Board is fully aware of the importance of adequate fire precautions in all their hospitals, and that they have impressed upon the Hospital Management Committees in the region the need to ensure a constant high standard of efficiency.