§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will list all the (a) hospitals and (b) hospital wards that have been closed since May 1979, stating the number of beds involved in each case.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergInformation available centrally is set out in the following tables. Information on the dates closures are implemented is not available centrally. I regret that some hospitals included in these tables were omitted from the figures I gave in my reply on 24 November 1982—[Vol. 32, c.502]—as the information was not then available centrally.
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Table 1 Hospitals approved for closure from May 1979 to December 1982 Region and Name of Hospital Number of Beds Date of Approval Northern RHA Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hunden's Unit 125 July 1979 Overdene Maternity Home, Cleveland 22 February 1980 Langley Park Smallpox Hospital 24 September 1982 Willington Quay Maternity Hospital 14 November 1981 Yorkshire RHA Townend Maternity Hospital 17 August 1979 Fulford Maternity Hospital 87 January 1981 Haigh Hospital, Leeds 39 May 1980 Newton Lodge Annexe 35 November 1981 Carr Gate Hospital 35 November 1981 Headlands Hospital, Pontefract 125 November 1981 Trent RHA Nightingale Maternity Home 34 July 1979 Wales Court Hospital, Sheffield 79 December 1979 Debdale Hall, Nottingham 37 March 1980 Adbolton Hall, Nottingham 26 August 1980 Smedley Memorial Hospital 27 February 1981 Parwich Hospital 47 May 1981 Thornbury Hospital 58 April 1981 Nottingham Women's Hospital 132 May 1981 Firs Maternity Hospital 40 May 1981 271W
Region and Name of Hospital Number of Beds Date of Approval St. Joseph's Hospital, Shefield 90 September 1981 Tuxford Hostel, Nottingham 16 August 1981 Alexandra Hospital, Woodhall Spa 28 January 1982 Hallwood Isolation Hospital 18 November 1981 Markfield Hospital 119 May 1982 Foxby Hill Hospital, Gainsborough 20 July 1982 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital 275 October 1982 East Anglia RHA Grange Maternity Unit, Cambridge 10 March 1980 Stow Hall Hospital, Norfolk 40 November 1980 March Maternity Home 10 April 1981 Mersey RHA Thingwall Hospital, Wirral 48 July 1979 Birkenhead General Hospital 181 July 1979 Wallasey Hospital for Women 31 May 1980 Liverpool Psychiatric Day Hospital 30 September 1980 St. James Hospital, Wirral 75 July 1979 Highfield Maternity Hospital 47 February 1980 Victoria Central Hospital, Surgical Unit 95 January 1981 Leasowe Hospital 123 January 1981 Fleetwood Road Hospital 54 October 1981 Wrenbury Hostel 17 December 1981 Tadley Hostel 17 December 1981 Barrowmore Hospital, Chester 118 June 1979 Davenham Hospital, Northwich 32 October 1979 Collar House, Prestbury 42 December 1982 North Western RHA Wilkinson Hospital, Bolton 52 March 1980 Strinesdale Hospital, Oldham 44 August 1980 Pemberton Day Hospital — October 1980 Lostock Hall Continuation Hospital 41 December 1980 Urmston Cottage Hospital 22 July 1981 Marple Dale Hospital, Stockport 94 January 1982 Havercroft Free Discharge Unit, Bolton 14 February 1982 Aspland Maternity Home, Salford — June 1982 Deepdale Hospital 100 November 1980 The Wilows, Preston 23 November 1980 Oxford RHA Peppard Hospital, Berkshire 136 November 1979 Cowley Road Hospital, Oxford 172 November 1979 St. Mary's Hospital, Oxford 30 July 1981 West Midlands RHA Stretton Sugwas Hospital 44 July 1980 Holme Lacy Hospital 84 November 1980 Queen Victoria Nursing Institute 20 May 1981 Groundslow Hospital 118 June 1980 Standon Hall Hospital 79 June 1980 St. Mary's Hospital, Harborough Magna 42 October 1981 South Bank Nursing Home 23 April 1982 Ludlow and District Hospital 21 September 1982 North East Thames RHA Garrett Anderson Maternity Home 32 September 1979 London Jewish Hospital 128 February 1980
Region and Name of Hospital Number of Beds Date of Approval Waltham Abbey War Memorial Hospital 21 December 1980 Cromwell Lodge 29 November 1980 Thomas Barlow Home 24 July 1980 Bearstead Memorial Hospital 38 December 1980 Queen Mary's Hospital, Newham 112 October 1981 Aldersbrook Hospital 55 October 1981 St. Faith's Hospital 293 October 1981 St. Mary's Hospital, Newham 64 October 1981 City of London Maternity Hospital 86 April 1982 Whittington Home 26 April 1982 Enfield War Memorial Hospital 44 October 1982 North West Thames RHA St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Barnet 40 June 1979 Orme Lodge, Barnet 22 December 1979 Stanmore Cottage Hospital 14 December 1979 Tolmers Park Hospital, Herts 67 January 1980 St. Columba's Hospital 27 August 1980 Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Children's Annexe 61 July 1980 Daneswood Convalescent Home 44 March 1981 Temple Hill House 18 March 1981 South East Thames RHA Holmhurst Hospital 24 December 1979 Dover Eye Unit 34 December 1980 Princess Mary's Hospital, Margate 146 February 1980 Joyce Green Hospital 22 May 1982 Bexhill Convalescent Home 78 October 1980 Mawsell House, Tunbridge Wells 26 December 1982 South West Thames RHA Schiff Hospital, Surrey 84 December 1979 Queen Elizabeth House 32 May 1980 St. Benedict's Hospital 213 September 1980 Clerks Croft Hospital, Surrey 90 September 1980 Cuddington Hospital 136 September 1980 Smallfield Hospital 190 September 1980 East Surrey Hospital 78 September 1980 Caterham Main Hospital 23 September 1980 Horley Hospital 16 September 1980 Wimbledon Hospital 57 October 1981 Wessex RHA Capesthorne Children's Unit, Dorset 22 May 1979 Firs Maternity Home, Dorset 14 July 1980 Hahnemann Convalescent Home, Dorset 32 September 1980 St. Martin's Hospital, Wiltshire 165 April 1981 Winchfield Hospital 55 January 1981 South Western RHA Perranporth Hospital 31 September 1982 Holm Hospital 66 March 1980 Devonport Hospital 132 October 1980 272W
Table 2 Part-closures of Hospitals approved from May 1979 to December 1982 Region and Name of Hospital Number of Beds Date of Approval Northern RHA North Tees District General Hospital 8 July 1981
Region and Name of Hospital Number of Beds Date of Approval Yorkshire RHA Withernsea Hospital 24 June 1981 Stanley Royd Hospital 60 November 1981 Pinderfields Hospital 23 November 1981 Trent RHA Newstead Hospital, Nottingham 58 March 1980 Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield 73 June 1980 Skegness and District Hospital 9 May 1981 Highbury Hospital 13 May 1981 East Anglia RHA Bowthorpe Hospital 20 May 1982 St. Leonard's Hospital, Sudbury 12 November 1982 Mersey RHA Cranford Lodge, Cheshire 10 August 1980 Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital 39 November 1982 Collar House Hospital 16 December 1982 Oxford RHA Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital not known November 1979 Longworth Hospital 10 January 1981 Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital 46 February 1981 King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor (A&E Dept.) — September 1982 West Midlands RHA Kidderminster General Hospital 44 May 1982 St. Margaret's Hospital, Walsall-Woodlands & Sanders Homes 38 November 1982 North East Thames RHA St. Margaret's Hospital, Essex 13 April 1981 Highlands Hospital 80 October 1982 North West Thames RHA St. Mary's, Harrow Road not known July 1979 St. Charles Hospital not known July 1979 Paddington Day Hospital — December 1979 North West Thames RHA West Middlesex Hospital 7 October 1980 St. Mary's, Harrow Road 147 September 1981 Gordon Hospital 29 July 1981 West Middlesex Hospital 60 October 1981 St. Mary's, Harrow Road 27 September 1981 Shenley Hospital 20 February 1982 Harpenden Memorial Hospital 8 October 1982 Westminster Hospital 12 February 1981 South East Thames RHA Queen Mary's Hospital, Greenwich and Bexley 20 October 1981 Gravesend and North Kent Hospital 10 May 1982 Wessex RHA King George's Hospital, Hampshire 10 January 1981 St. Martin's Hospital, Wiltshire 215 April 1981 Royal United Hospital, Wiltshire 24 April 1981 Royal United Hospital, Wiltshire 16 September 1981