§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospital closures and significant partial permanent closures which have been agreed locally,
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Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1979–1986 (August) Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved (i) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure May 1979-December 1979 NORTHERN Durham Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hunden's Unit July 1979 TRENT Derbyside Nightingale Maternity Home July 1979 Sheffield Wales Court Hospital, Sheffield December 1979 NORTH WEST THAMES Barnet St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Barnet June 1979 Barnet Orme Lodge, Barnet December 1979 Barnet Stanmore Cottage Hospital December 1979 NORTH EAST THAMES Camden and Islington Garrett Anderson Maternity Home September 1979 SOUTH EAST THAMES West Lambeth Holmhurst Hospital December 1979 SOUTH WEST THAMES Mid Surrey Schiff Hospital, Surrey December 1979 WESSEX Dorset Capesthorne Children's Unit, Dorset May 1979 OXFORD Berkshire Peppard Hospital, Berkshire November 1979 MERSEY Chester Barrowmore Hospital, Chester June 1979 Chester Davenham Hospital, Northwich October 1979 Wirral St. James Hospital July 1979 Wirral Thingwall Hospital July 1979 Wirral Birkenhead General Hospital July 1979 (ii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1980. NORTHERN Cleveland Overdene Maternity Home, Cleveland February 1980 YORKSHIRE Leeds Haigh Hospital, Leeds May 1980 TRENT Nottinghamshire Adbolton Hall, Nottingham August 1980 EAST ANGLIAN Cambridgeshire Grange Maternity Unit, Cambridge March 1980 Norfolk Stow Hall Hospital, Norfolk November 1980 NORTH WEST THAMES Bedfordshire Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Children's Annexe July 1980 Hertfordshire Tolmers Park Hospital, Herts January 1980 without reference to Ministers, since 1979 giving, in each case, the name of the hospital, the date of the closure and the name of the district special and regional health authorities.
§ Mrs. CurrieFollowing are the hospitals approved locally for complete or partial permanent closure since 1979. The information we keep centrally does not include a record of the date on which closure is implemented. Many of the buildings have been turned to other uses. For further information the hon. Member might like to approach the regional health authority concerned.
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Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved NORTH EAST THAMES Camden and Islington Thomas Barlow Home July 1980 Camden and Islington Cromwell Lodge November 1980 Essex Waltham Abbey War Memorial Hospital December 1980 SOUTH EAST THAMES Canterbury and Thanet Princess Mary's Hospital, Margate February 1980 Hastings Bexhill Convalescent Home October 1980 South East Kent Dover Eye Unit December 1980 SOUTH WEST THAMES East Surrey Caterham Main Hospital September 1980 East Surrey Clerks Croft Hospital, Surrey September 1980 East Surrey East Surrey Hospital September 1980 East Surrey Horley Hospital September 1980 East Surrey Smallfield Hospital September 1980 Mid Surrey Cuddington Hospital September 1980 Mid Surrey Queen Elizabeth House May 1980 WESSEX Dorset Firs Maternity Home, Dorset July 1980 Dorset Hahneman Convalescent Home, Dorset September 1980 SOUTH WESTERN Cheltenham Holm Hospital March 1980 Plymouth Devonport Hospital October 1980 WEST MIDLANDS Hereford and Worcester Holme Lacy Hospital November 1980 Hereford and Worcester Stretton Sugwas Hospital July 1980 Staffordshire Groundslow Hospital June 1980 Staffordshire Standon Hall Hospital June 1980 MERSEY Liverpool Liverpool Psychiatric Day Hospital September 1980 Wirral Highfield Maternity Hospital February 1980 Wirral Wallasey Hospital for Women May 1980 NORTH WESTERN Bolton Wilkinson Hospital March 1980 Lancashire Deepdale Hospital November 1980 Lancashire The Willows, Preston November 1980 Lancashire Lostock Hall Continuation Hospital December 1980 Oldham Strinesdale Hospital August 1980 Wigan Pemberton Day Hospital October 1980 (iii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1981 YORKSHIRE North Yorkshire Fulford Maternity Hospital January 1981 TRENT Lincolnshire Tuxford Hostel, Nottingham August 1981 Nottinghamshire Firs Maternity Hospital May 1981 Nottinghamshire Nottingham Women's Hospital May 1981 Sheffield Thornbury Hospital April 1981 Sheffield St. Joseph's Hospital, Sheffield September 1981 Sheffield Hallwood Isolation Hospital November 1981 EAST ANGLIAN Cambridgeshire March Maternity Home April 1981 NORTH EAST THAMES Barking and Haringey St. Faith's Hospital October 1981 City and East London Aldersbrook Hospital October 1981 City and East London Queen Mary's Hospital, Newham October 1981 City and East London St. Mary's Hospital, Newham October 1981 SOUTH WEST THAMES Merton and Sutton Wimbledon Hospital October 1981 WESSEX Hampshire Winchfield Hospital January 1981 Wiltshire St. Martin's Hospital April 1981 OXFORD
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Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved Oxfordshire St. Mary's Hospital July 1981 WEST MIDLANDS Warwickshire St. Mary's Hospital, Harborough Magna October 1981 Wolverhampton Queen Victoria Nursing Institute May 1981 MERSEY Chester Tadley Hostel December 1981 Crewe Wrenbury Hostel December 1981 Sefton Fleetwood Road Hospital October 1981 Wirral Leasowe Hospital January 1981 Wirral Victoria Central Hospital, Surgical Unit January 1981 NORTH WESTERN Trafford Urmston Cottage Hospital July 1981 (iv) Hospitals, approved locally for complete closure 1982 NORTHERN Durham Langley Park Smallpox Hospital September 1982 TRENT Leicestershire Markfield Hospital May 1982 North Derbyshire Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital October 1982 North Lincolnshire Alexandra Hospital, Woodhall Spa January 1982 North Lincolnshire Foxby Hill Hospital, Gainsborough July 1982 NORTH EAST THAMES Camden and Islington City of London Maternity Hospital April 1982 Camden and Islington Whittington Home April 1982 Enfield Enfield War Memorial Hospital October 1982 SOUTH EAST THAMES Dartford and Gravesham Joyce Green Hospital May 1982 Tunbridge Wells Mawsell House, Tunbridge Wells December 1982 SOUTH WESTERN Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Perranporth Hospital September 1982 WEST MIDLANDS Shropshire Ludlow and District Hospital September 1982 Worcester and District South Bank Nursing Home April 1982 MERSEY Macclesfield Collar House, Prestbury December 1982 NORTH WESTERN Bolton Havercroft Free Discharge Unit, Bolton February 1982 Stockport Marple Dale Hospital, Stockport January 1982 Thameside and Glossop Apsland Maternity Home, Salford June 1982 (v) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1983 NORTHERN South Cumbria Kendal Green August 1983 South Cumbria Meathop August 1983 South Cumbria Westmoreland County August 1983 YORKSHIRE Dewsbury Batley General July 1983 Dewsbury Dewsbury General July 1983 Dewsbury Mirfields Memorial July 1983 Harrogate Carlton Lodge Maternity December 1983 Harrogate Thistle Hill September 1983 Leeds Western Leeds Maternity February 1983 Leeds Western Leeds Hospital for Women February 1983 TRENT Leicester Zachary Merton Recovery Home June 1983 North Derbyshire Ashgate Maternity Home January 1983 North Derbyshire Ashgate Annex E June 1983 North Derbyshire Morton April 1983 South Derbyshire Blakeley March 1983 South Derbyshire Draycott March 1983 South Lincolnshire Boston General March 1983 EAST ANGLIAN Cambridge Mill Road Maternity February 1983
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Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved East Suffolk St. Helens September 1983 Huntingdon Huntingdon County September 1983 Peterborough Butterfield March 1983 NORTH WEST THAMES North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire Maternity Hospital November 1983 Victoria All Saints Hospital December 1983 Victoria Vincent Square Day Hospital December 1983 NORTH EAST THAMES Bloomsbury Royal National Orthopaedic October 1983 North East Essex Clacton Maternity February 1983 North East Essex Essex Hall July 1983 SOUTH EAST THAMES Brighton Newhaven Valley June 1983 Lewisham and Southwark St. John's June 1983 Tunbridge Wells Hawkenbury July 1983 SOUTH WEST THAMES Croydon Waddon Hospital October 1983 WESSEX Portsmouth and South East Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Sandy Point November 1983 Salisbury Fordingbridge Cottage September 1983 OXFORD East Berkshire Farnham Park Rehabilitation Centre November 1983 Oxfordshire Neithrop and Pines December 1983 West Berkshire Henley War Memorial December 1983 SOUTH WESTERN Frenchay Leigh Court June 1983 Plymouth Alexander Maternity Home March 1983 Plymouth Greenbank March 1983 WEST MIDLANDS Dudley The Limes December 1983 Dudley Prestwood December 1983 NORTH WESTERN North Manchester Memorial Jewish December 1983 Board of Governors (Queen Charlotte's) St. Leonard-on-Sea Convalescent Home November 1983 (vi) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure January 1984—December 1984 NORTHERN Northumberland Stannington Children's Hospital February 1984 South Tees Belmont November 1984 YORKSHIRE Grimsby Springfield Hospital March 1984 Wakefield Snapethorpe Hospital March 1984 Harrogate Thistle Hill Hospital October 1984 TRENT Central Nottinghamshire Debdale Hall Recovery Home February 1984 North Lincolnshire Lawn Hospital February 1984 Doncaster Swallownest July 1984 North Derbyshire Darley Hall Maternity September 1984 Corbor Hall Maternity Home October 1984 Nottingham Coppice Hospital December 1984 Rotherham Aughton Court Hospital September 1984 Sheffield Scott Road and Commonside Hostels October 1984 Southern Derbyshire Derwent Hospital October 1984 EAST ANGLIAN Norwich The Vale May 1984 Blofield Hall September 1984 NORTH WEST THAMES Paddington and North Kensington Hereford Lodge July 1984
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Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved Hillingdon St. John's Hospital October 1984 Lugano Nursing Home May 1984 SOUTH WEST THAMES Merton and Sutton Cheam Hospital April 1984 North West Surrey Murray House, Ottershaw April 1984 East Surrey Bletchingley Hospital July 1984 Mid-Downs Raffey Park October 1984 Wandsworth Royal Dental Hospital September 1984 WESSEX Winchester Tichbourne Down House Hospital April 1984 Bath Winsley Centre November 1984 OXFORD Oxfordshire Longworth March 1984 Northampton Upton Lawn Day Hospital October 1984 East Berkshire Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital November 1984 SOUTH WESTERN Somerset Wellington Maternity Home March 1984 Gloucester Cotswold Hospital November 1984 WEST MIDLANDS Bromsgrove and Redditch Blackwell Recovery Hospital March 1984 Herefordshire Tupsley Hospital February 1984 Mid-Staffordshire Yarnfield Hospital April 1984 North-Staffordshire Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital February 1984 Leek Memorial Hospital February 1984 Lymewood Hospital February 1984 Westcliff Hospital February 1984 South Birmingham Birmingham Accident Hospital May 1984 Worcester and District St. Wulstan's Hospital June 1984 Wolverhampton Parkfields Hospital November 1984 MERSEY Liverpool Newsham General Hospital March 1984 Heswall Hospital November 1984 Wirral Priory Day Hospital October 1984 NORTH WESTERN South Manchester Duchess of York Hospital March 1984 (vii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure January 1985-March 1985 TRENT South Lincolnshire Carey House January 1985 NORTH EAST THAMES Bloomsbury Royal Throat, Nose and Ear January 1985 (viii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure April 1985-June 1985 YORKSHIRE York Naburn NORTH WEST THAMES South Bedfordshire Priory SOUTH WEST THAMES Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Westmoor House WESSEX Isle of Wight Longford SOUTH WESTERN Gloucester Horton Road June 1985 MERSEY Southport and Formby Sunnyside April 1985 NORTHERN Northumberland Castle Hills Maternity Unit November 1985 SOUTH WEST THAMES North West Surrey Rowley Bristow October 1985
Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved SOUTH WESTERN Southmead Elizabeth Blackwell House December 1985 WEST MIDLANDS Kidderminster and District Lea November 1985 Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1986 YORKSHIRE East Yorkshire Northfield, Duffield July 1986 Scunthorpe Westfield July 1986 Scarborough St. Thomas January 1986 Bradford Children's July 1986 Wakefield County June 1986 EAST ANGLIAN West Norfolk and Wisbech St. James Closed September 1986 NORTH WEST THAMES Barnet Hendon District April 1986 Riverside Banstead September 1986 NORTH EAST THAMES Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green May 1986 SOUTH EAST THAMES Bromley Lennard May 1986 Beckenham June 1986 SOUTH WEST THAMES Croydon Queens Hospital March 1986 St. Marys March 1986 WESSEX Winchester Victoria October 1986 Bath Claverton Down January 1986 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire King George's January 1986 NORTH WESTERN Chorley and South Ribble Heath Charnock February 1986
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Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1979–86 (August) Region/District Hospital Date approved Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1980 TRENT Sheffield Middlewood June 1980 Nottinghamshire Newstead March 1980 EAST ANGLIAN Suffolk Newmarket General November 1980 NORTH WEST THAMES Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Athlone House November 1980 MERSEY Cheshire Cranford Lodge August 1980 Liverpool Radiotherapy Clinic January 1980 Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1981 TRENT Nottinghamshire Highbury May 1981 OXFORD Berkshire Canadian Red Cross February 1981 Oxfordshire Longworth January 1981 WESSEX Hampshire King George's January 1981 Wiltshire Royal United April and September 1981 St. Martin's April 1981 62W63W
Region/District Hospital Date approved MERSEY Wirral Highfield Maternity July 1981 St. Catherine's July 1981 Clatterbridge July 1981 Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1982 EAST ANGLIAN West Norfolk and Wisbech Bowthorpe May 1982 West Suffolk St. Leonard's, Sudbury November 1982 NORTH WEST THAMES Brent and Harrow Shenley February 1982 North West Herts Harpenden Memorial October 1982 NORTH EAST THAMES Enfield Highlands October 1982 Camden and Islington Hornsey Central February 1982 Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green September 1982 SOUTH EAST THAMES West Lambeth South Western December 1982 MERSEY Liverpool Royal Liverpool Children's November 1982 Macclesfield Collar House December 1982 Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1983 YORKSHIRE Leeds Western Leeds General Infirmary February 1983 TRENT Leicestershire Ellen Towle June 1983 Leicestershire Royal Infirmary June 1983 Groby Road June 1983 North Derbyshire Walton April 1983 NORTH WEST THAMES North Bedfordshire Park December 1983 Victoria Banstead December 1983 NORTH EAST THAMES Waltham Forest Whipps Cross August 1983 WEST MIDLANDS Dudley The Guest December 1983 Burton Road December 1983 Wordsley December 1983 The Corbett December 1983 East Birmingham Yardley Green Unit October 1983 Mid-Staffordshire Chase, Cannock November 1983 Walsall St. Margaret's February 1983 MERSEY Macclesfield Congleton War Memorial February 1983 Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1984 NORTHERN South Tees Middlesbrough General September 1984 Poole March 1984 YORKSHIRE Harrowgate Scotton Banks October 1984 TRENT Central Nottinghamshire Forest February 1984 Victoria February 1984 NORTH WEST THAMES Hounslow and Spelthorne West Middlesex September 1984 Ashford September 1984 North Bedfordshire Clapham January 1984 Victoria St. Stephen's September 1984 Westminster September 1984 Banstead March 1984
Region/District Hospital Date approved NORTH EAST THAMES Enfield Highlands July 1984 Highlands July 1984 SOUTH WESTERN Gloucester Lydney and District February 1984 WEST MIDLANDS North Birmingham Highcroft May 1984 South Warwickshire Warenford General August 1984 Stratford General August 1984 MERSEY Liverpool Newsham July 1984 St. Paul's (Eye) July 1984 Alderney Children's July 1984 Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1985 YORKSHIRE Scunthorpe Brumby March 1985 EAST ANGLIAN Norwich St. Andrew's November 1985 Kelling Early 1985 NORTH WEST THAMES Ealing Ealing February 1985 North West Herts Harpenden March 1985 Paddington and North Kensington St Charles February 1985 SOUTH WEST THAMES West Surrey-NE Hampshire Farnham January 1985 OXFORD Aylesbury Vale Tindal March 1985 WEST MIDLANDS Walsall St. Margaret's December 1985 Hospital approved locally for partial closure 1986—to August NORTHERN North Tees North Tees General March 1986 TRENT Southern Derbyshire Pastures Grange Children's Unit April 1986 Leicestershire Market Harborough and District June 1986 Rutland Memorial June 1986 St Mary's, Melton Mowbray June 1986 Ashby de la Zouch and District June 1986 EAST ANGLIAN Norwich Hales March 1986 NORTH WEST THAMES Riverside St. Stephen's May 1986 NORTH EAST THAMES Basildon and Thurrock Orsett N/A City and Hackney St. Bartholomew's August 1986 SOUTH EAST THAMES Bromley Beckenham May 1986