§ 42. Mr. Simonasked the Minister of Health what proposals he has for expanding the Middlesbrough Maternity Hospital or for building a further maternity unit on Tees-side in view of the present inadequacy of beds for maternity cases.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodSixteen additional beds were provided at this hospital in 1952. I am informed that the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board is considering the possibility of further extensions and improvements but that it may not be able to fit these into its capital programme for some time.