§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the service to patients provided by(a) the Brook hospital and (b) Edgware hospital. [19712]
§ Mr. MaloneThe Brook hospital currently provides:
- General Medicine
- Cardiac
- General Surgery
- Neurosciences
- Geriatric Medicine
- Minor injuries unit
Out-patient services supported by on site diagnostic, X-ray, pathology, nuclear medicine, occupational therapy and physiotherapy services.
Services provided at the Brook hospital will transfer to the new hospital at Greenwich, the Queen Elizabeth Military hospital, with tertiary cardiac and neurosciences services transferring to the Guy's and St. Thomas' trust and King's Healthcare trust.
Edgware Hospital currently provides the following services:
- General Surgery
- ENT
- Plastic Surgery
- General Medicine
- Haematology
- Neurology
- Obstetrics
- Urology
- Ophthalmology
- Thoracic Surgery
- Dermatology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Clinical Oncology
- Gynaecology
- Orthopaedics
- Oral Surgery
- Accident and Emergency
- Rheumatology
- Anaesthetics
- Paediatrics
Main acute services will be relocated to Barnet General hospital and Northwick Park hospital.
Services currently provided at the Brook and Edgware hospitals will not transfer or close until adequate alternative facilities are in place.