HC Deb 07 April 1998 vol 310 cc194-5W
Mr. Robert Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the community hospitals which are currently the subject of a consultation process with a view to their closure. [37849]

Mr. Milburn

It is difficult to define comprehensively what is meant by "community" or "cottage" hospital. They differ from place to place in the scale, range and volume of services they offer. What characterises nearly all is that they provide a local service and admit patients under the care of a general practitioner.

The following community hospitals are currently the subject of a consultation process:

Anglia & Oxford

  • Burford and Wallingford/Watlington Community Hospital, Oxfordshire
  • Bartlett Hospital, Felixstowe

North Western

  • None

North Thames

  • William Julian Courtauld Hospital (part of Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust)1

Northern & Yorkshire

  • None

South Thames

  • None

South & West

  • Winsford Hospital
  • Fowey Hospital2
  • Edward Hain Hospital, St. Ives2
  • St. Barnabas Hospital, Saltash2
  • Poltair Hospital2

Trent

  • Bourne Hospital, Bourne3
  • Horncastle War Memorial, Horncastle3
  • Johnson Hospital or Welland Hospital, Spalding3

West Midlands None. 1This hospital is proposed to close but a new one, going by the same name would be built on a different site. 2Part of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority proposals. 3Have been the subject of formal public consultation which has now ended, although the Health Authority is still consulting local Community Health Councils about the final details.

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