HC Deb 16 April 1953 vol 514 cc18-9W
40. Brigadier Rayner

asked the Minister of Health when the money, subscribed locally in the Kingsbridge area of South Devon, for the provision of an X-ray department in the South Hams Cottage Hospital, will be made available by his Department for the improvement for which it was subscribed.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The provision of this department does not depend on the availability of this money but on the priority which can be given to the building scheme within the capital investment programme. The Regional Hospital Board are aware of the need, but as there are other more urgent hospital projects in the region it is not possible to say when this scheme can be fitted in. When it can be undertaken the necessary funds will be made available.