§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds there have been at Hinchingbrook hospital in each year since 1990; and how many times the hospital has had to close to emergencies through lack of beds in the last year.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe hospital has not had to close to emergencies through lack of beds in the past year.
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many projects at the Hinchingbrook hospital are currently being considered or have been considered over the last three years which involve ownership of the hospital or part of the hospital by the private sector.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally. This is a matter for the Hinchingbrooke Health Care national health service trust and Anglia and Oxford regional health authority. The right hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of the trust, Mr. Ken Spink OBE, and the chairman of the health authority, Sir Stuart Burgess, for details.