HC Deb 29 October 1946 vol 428 cc77-8W
Mr. Turton

asked the Secretary of State for War how much accommodation, and at which civilian mental hospitals, is at present held by his Department for the treatment of military patients; and whether his Department proposes to relinquish any part of this accommodation in the near future.

Mr. Bellenger

The following is the accommodation now held:

Beds.
Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey 400
Carstairs Hospital, Lanarkshire 200
Clifton, Mental Hospital, York 150
Talgarth Mental Hospital, Brecon 318
Hollymoor Mental Hospital, Birmingham 800
St. Andrew's Hospital, Northampton 120
Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries 80

We propose to relinquish shortly the following:

Beds.
Talgarth Mental Hospital, Brecon 200
Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries 80
Hollymoor Mental Hospital, Birmingham 200