§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what provisions are to be made for new hospital facilities in the borough of Walsall.
§ Dr. VaughanThe planning of phases IV and IVB of the Walsall district general hospital is well advanced. It is hoped to start enabling works on this project—which will provide 297 acute beds, an accident department and supporting services—at the end of this year.
At its next meeting, the West Midlands regional health authority will be considering three further developments in Walsall, phase V of the district general hospital, the development of a community hospital at Aldridge—Brownhills, and the redevelopment of St. Margaret's hospital, in the context of its 10-year strategic plan.