HC Deb 18 April 1995 vol 258 cc117-9W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the service to patients provided at present by(a) St. Bartholomew's hospital and (b) Guy's hospital. [19711]

Mr. Malone

St. Bartholomew's hospital provides in-patient, out-patient and day-case services in the following specialities:

  • Pain Relief
  • Dialysis Unit
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • Haematology Clinical
  • Ophthalmology
  • Paediatrics
  • Renal
  • Trauma and Orthopaedic
  • Cancer Services
  • Endocrinology
  • ENT
  • GUMS/AIDS/HIV
  • Nephrology/Renal
  • Oral Maxillo Facial Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Specialised Immunology
  • Urology
  • Cardiac Services
  • Gastroenterology
  • Dermatology
  • Gynaecology
  • Neurosciences
  • Orthodontics
  • Regional Amputee Unit
  • Thoracic Medicine

Over time, the services will be relocated on a single Whitechapel site.

Guy's hospital currently provides the following in-patient, out-patient and day-case services:

  • Accident and Emergency
  • Trauma and Orthopaedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Gynaecology
  • Dermatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Oral and Maxillo Facial
  • Surgery
  • Urology
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Paediatric
  • Renal
  • Genetics Centre
  • Dental
  • General Medicine
  • Geriatrics
  • Anaesthetics
  • ENT
  • GUM
  • Palliative Care
  • Lithotripsy
  • Cardiac
  • Cancer
  • Neurology, including Neurophysiology
  • General Surgery
  • Intensive Care
  • Obstetrics
  • Clinical Haematology
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Rheumatology
  • Neonatology
  • Foetal Medicine and Cardiology
  • Plastic Surgery

Over time, the main site for acute specialist services will be at St. Thomas hospital with Guy's developing as a local hospital and academic centre.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds, on average, there are at Guys hospital; and what information she has on the likely number of in-patients beds remaining at Guys hospital after the changes announced on 4 April. [19708]

Mr. Malone

There are currently 702 beds in use at Guy's hospital. By 1998–99, after the changes announced on 4 April, there will be 112 in-patient beds on the Guy's site dedicated to planned surgery for patients. As proposed in the recent public consultation exercise, changes at Guy's will take place over a period of time.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of whether the St. Bartholomew's hospital site is able to house a private hospital. [19709]

Mr. Malone

A project team, led by Sir Ronald Grierson, has been set up to look at options for the future use of the St. Bartholomew's site. The Royal Hospitals trust has also been in discussion with the city initiative on possible uses of the site for health-related services.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has for the future of the St. Bartholomew's site once NHS services have terminated there. [19707]

Mr. Malone

A project team has been set up to look at practical options for the future use of the St. Bartholomew's site. This will be chaired by Sir Ronald Grierson and will include a number of distinguished academics and clinicians.