Closures

HC Deb 17 July 1997 vol 298 cc288-9W

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the hospitals and health units currently subject to proposals for closure. [6824]

Mr. Milburn

The information requested is not collected systematically. However, a recent survey carried out for management purposes identified the hospitals listed as having recently been, or are currently, the subject of consultation which could lead to the full closure. Closure is normally dependent on the reprovision of services elsewhere and/or are conditional on a successful Private Finance Initiative contract.

Anglia and Oxford

• Chesterton Hospital
• Fulbourn Hospital
• Ida Darwin Hospital
• St. Andrew's Hospital

Northern and Yorkshire

• St. Mary's Hospital
• Walkergate Hospitals
• Winterton Hospitals.

North Western

• Ulverston Hospital.

North Thames

• Goodmayes Hospital
• Horton Hospital
• Napsbury Hospital
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hackney¹
• Queen Charlotte's Hospital¹
• Runwell Hospital
• St. Andrew's Hospital
• St. Bartholomew's Hospital¹
• Shenley Hospital
• Warley Hospital.

South Thames

• Battle Hospital
• Bromley Hospital
• Eversfield Hospital
• Joyce Green Hospital (including the Orchard House Psychiatric Unit)
• Sundridge Hospital
• West Hill Hospital.

South Western

• Belmont Hospital
• Lynton Hospital²
• Odiham Hospital
• Ridley House
• Winsford Hospital.²

Trent

• Badsley Moor Lane Hospital

West Midlands

• All Saints Hospital
• Hereford Eye Hospital
• Hereford General Hospital
• Highcroft Hospital
• Goscote Hospital
• Monyhull Hospital
• Northcroft Hospital
• St. Edward's Hospital
• Stanfield Hospital
• Stallington Hospital
• Westcliffe Hospital
• Wordsley Hospital.

Notes:

¹There is a moratorium on all hospital closures in London during the current review of the capital's health services.

²Temporary closures.