§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if design consultants have been appointed for the new nucleus hospital at Woodside, Newham; and if he will name any consultants so appointed together with the names of hospitals for which they have held comparable responsibilities.
§ Mr. MoyleThe North-East Thames Regional Health Authority has appointed Walchli and Wilkins as consultant quantity surveyors and are about to appoint the following consultants who are already working on the design: Hospital Design406W Partnership; Clarke, Nicholls and Marcell; and Roger Preston and Partners.
Examples of comparable hospital schemes for which these firms have been consultants are:
Walchli and Wilkins (Quantity Surveyors), Southlands, Shoreham.
Hospital Design Partnership (Architects), Best Buy hospitals at Bury St. Edmunds and Frimley; Southlands, Shoreham.
Clarke, Nicholls and Marcell (Structural Engineers), Basildon; St. James's, Balham; Orsett.
Roger Preston and Partners (Service Engineers), Truro; Princess Margaret, Swindon; Wexham Park, Slough.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the target date set by his Department for the data packs and other briefing material in respect of the nucleus design of hospital to be available for engineering and architectural consultants; when these become available; and what is his estimate of the effects of any delay in the construction of the Woodside Hospital, Newham.
§ Mr. MoyleI expect that all the design and briefing data will have been completed by May 1977. A considerable amount of design information has already been made available to the North-East Thames Regional Health Authority for its consultants and the remainder will be made available in stages as the design team completes its various tasks. There has been some delay in completing the detailed design work, but the effect on the starting date for the main contract is not yet certain. Major site works are planned to start in mid-1977.