§ 63. Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the future of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital.
§ Mr. MoyleThe consultation period on the proposal to move the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson facility into Whittington Hospital has now ended, The Area Health Authority (Teaching) has considered the comments received and has concluded that it is unable to achieve the move of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson into the Whittington. However, the AHA(T) takes the view that the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson is not needed to meet the authority's service commitments and that an acceptable multi-speciality hospital could not be provided by upgrading the existing premises on Euston Road. In these circumstances the AHA (T) could not give priority to financing any capital works on the existing premises.
The AHA(T) has therefore suggested that if the principle of a service for women by women is to be maintained it should be financed by my Department as a national service.
I am now awaiting the views of the regional health authority to which the AHA(T)'s report has been referred.