§ Mr. Newtonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will give for each regional health authority the population served at the latest available date, the number of new hospitals or major improvements, respectively, completed since the inception of the National Health Service, and the number of new hospitals or major improvements, respectively, expected to be completed within the next five years.
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§ Dr. OwenThe estimated 1974 population of each regional health authority area is as follows:
I regret that the information about new hospitals is not readily available in the form requested, but the number of new hospitals and major improvements completed between July 1948 and March 1973 in each regional hospital board area is set out below:
Thousands Northern … … 3,141 Yorkshire … … 3,582 Trent … … 4,524 East Anglia … … 1,746 North West Thames … … 3,553 North East Thames … … 3,793 South East Thames … … 3,655 South West Thames … … 2,900 Wessex … … 2,623 Oxford … … 2,189 South Western … … 3,106 West Midlands … … 5,186 Mersey … … 2,520 North Western … … 4,091 Information about the number of new hospitals or major improvements expected to be completed within the next five years is not available.
Regional Hospital Board Area New Hospitals Hospital Major Building Schemes (Costing over £250,000) Newcastle 5 33 Leeds 5 28 Sheffield 6 36 East Anglian 1 20 North West Metropolitan 2 32 North East Metropolitan 2 18 South East Metropolitan — 23 South West Metropolitan 2 26 London Teaching Hospitals 6 45 Wessex 1 11 Oxford 1 22 South Western 3 32 Birmingham 4 46 Liverpool 2 19 Manchester 2 33