§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by health authority all hospitals which have (a) closed and (b) opened, indicating the numbers of beds involved, for each of the past five years.
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Openings Health Authority Year Hospital Bed Numbers Ysbyty Glan Clwyd Clwyd 1980 Bodelwyddan 399 1984 Mold Community Hospital 40 East Dyfed — — — Mid Glamorgan — — — South Glamorgan — — — the guidance in Welsh Office circular WHC(84)15, a copy of which is in the Library. Timetables for implementation in individual units will be set during 1985.
A "without prejudice" offer has been made to the medical profession as to interim terms and conditions, including the maximum fee or allowance payable, for a consultant or general practitioner in Wales acting as a general manager or undertaking agreed general management duties as a unit medical representative. A response to this offer is awaited, but the profession has formally accepted an offer which is identical in substance and which has been made in respect of clinicians undertaking general management duties in England.
Health authorities are required to meet any costs of implementing the general management function from offsetting savings elsewhere in their management budgets and without detriment to direct patient care.