Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes

HC Deb 12 November 1975 vol 899 c809W

Mr. Jim Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proposals for the development of private hospitals and nursing homes have been brought to her attention.

Mrs. Castle

Evidence from Press reports and information given to my Department by potential developers suggests that there are currently in England

PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES: DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
Number of beds	Location
500	…	…	…	Bristol area.
300	…	…	…	Cromwell Road, London (planning permission granted).
91	…	…	…	Great Portland Street (planning application made July 1974).
130	…	…	…	Nottingham Place, W.1 (building in progress).
150	…	…	…	Windsor (planning application made before November 1974).
200	…	…	…	Manchester (planning application made end 1974).
120	…	…	…	South London.
Unknown	…	…	…	North London.
Unknown	…	…	…	Leeds.
Unknown	…	…	…	Manchester.
200	…	…	…	Southwark (planning application made February 1975).
3 hospitals	…	…	…	Near Stoke Mandeville.
30 beds each in 6 hospitals				Chester.
				Brighton.
				Fairfield.
				Sidcup.
				Southampton
				London.
Unknown	…	…	…	Leeds (Beechwood Medical Centre).
80	…	…	…	Liphook (oriental and fringe medicine).
50	…	…	…	Wanstead (extension for open heart surgery).
16	…	…	…	Kingston-upon-Thames, New Victoria Hospital (new wing for patients).
Unknown	…	…	…	Lisson Grove (planning permission exists for site next door to Nightingale BUPA hospital).
60	…	…	…	Part of London International Hotel, South Kensington (planning permission granted for conversion).
30−40	…	…	…	North London (short stay psychiatric).
Unknown	…	…	…	Droitwich (part of Worcester Hotel for conversion).
20 (extension)	…	…	…	Edgbaston, Birmingham.
40	…	…	…	Bridgnorth.
30	…	…	…	Farnham.
60	…	…	…	Great Missenden (planning permission granted).
60	…	…	…	Wilmslow (planning application made September 1975).
30	…	…	…	Sutton Coldfield (planning application made September 1975).
52	…	…	…	Winnesh, Wokingham (planning permission granted September 1975).
75	…	…	…	(Callenders), Bushey.
90	…	…	…	The Priory, Roehampton (new building on present site, for medical and surgical cases).