Building Programme (Hansard, 1 July 1955)

§ Mr. Iain Macleod

Yes. I am today inviting the boards concerned to bring to completion the planning of a number of further projects on the assumption that they can be started in 1956–58. With the projects previously selected the complete list is as follows:—

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Hospital board	Project	Provisionally scheduled to start
East Anglian Regional Hospital Board.	St. Luke's Hospital, Lowestoft, reconditioning scheme	1956–7
	Peterborough and District Memorial Hospital—extensions	1957–8
North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.	North Middlesex Hospital—New out-patient department	1956–7
	South Ockendon Hospital—extensions	1956–7
	New hospital for Harlow—phase I	1957–8
South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.	St. James' Hospital, Balham—development scheme—phase II	1956–7
	New hospital for Crawley—phase I	1956–7
Oxford Regional Hospital Board	New hospital for Swindon—phase I	1956–7
South Western Regional Hospital Board.	Southmead General and Stapleton hospitals—geriatric accommodation	1956–7
	Digby Hospital—additional accommodation for mental patients	1956–7
	New hospital at Truro	1957–8
Welsh Regional Hospital Board	West Wales Hospital, Glangwili—development scheme—phase I	1956–7
	Caernarvon and Anglesey Hospital, Bangor—development scheme	1956–7
	New hospital at Swansea—phase I	1957–8
	Llanfrechfa Grange Mental Deficiency Hospital—extensions	1957–8
Birmingham Regional Hospital Board.	New mental hospital at Seisdon—phase I	1957–8
	New hospital at Coventry	1957–8
Manchester Regional Hospital Board.	Cranage Hall Hospital—additional accommodation for mental defectives	1956–7
	New hospital at Wythenshawe—phase I	1957–8
Liverpool Regional Hospital Board	Newchurch Mental Deficiency Hospital—extensions	1956–7
United Newcastle Hospitals Board of Governors.	Royal Victoria Infirmary—new out-patient department	1957–8
United Leeds Hospitals Board of Governors.	General Infirmary—extension to out-patient department	1956–7
United Sheffield Hospitals Board of Governors.	New teaching hospital, Glossop Road—phase I (out-patient department)	1956–7
United Cambridge Hospitals Board of Governors.	Addenbrooke's Hospital—development scheme—phase I	1957–8
United Manchester Hospitals Board of Governors.	Royal Infirmary—reconstruction scheme	1956–7
University College Hospital Board of Governors.	New dental hospital—Mortimer Market, W.1	1956–7
Charing Cross Hospital Board of Governors.	New hospital at North wick Park	1957–8
Guy's Hospital Board of Governors	Guy's Hospital Surgical Ward Block	1957–8

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In order to encourage speedy action by the Boards concerned I have included in this list projects to a total value of more than the £17½ million allowed, and it will not therefore be possible to start all of them in this period. In general the

Hospital board	Project
Newcastle Regional Hospital Board	Newcastle General Hospital—Pathological Institute and regional blood transfusion centre.
Sheffield Regional Hospital Board	Balderton Mental Deficiency Hospital—development scheme—phase I.
North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.	New hospital at Welwyn—first phase.
South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.	Lewisham Hospital—new out-patient department.
South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.	Horton Hospital Estate—centralisation of boilers.
Birmingham Regional Hospital Board	Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital—development scheme—phase III.
Liverpool Regional Hospital Board	New mental deficiency hospital—Greaves Hall—phase I.
United Bristol Hospital Board of Governors	Royal Infirmary—Joint University Heating Scheme.
United Oxford Hospitals Board of Governors	Radcliffe Infirmary—development scheme.
St. Thomas' Hospital Board of Governors	St. Thomas' Hospital—reconstruction.

I am placing in the Library a copy of a memorandum which is being sent to hospital boards today listing the projects. This also gives details of the financial allocations to boards for 1956–58 for the "plant replacement" programme of £2 million in 1956–57 and £4 million in 1957–58, and for their normal capital programmes amounting to upwards of £7.5 million in 1956–57 and £9 million in 1957–58.