Admissions, Durham and Chester-le-Street

HC Deb 19 July 1955 vol 544 cc34-5W

Mr. Grey

asked the Minister of Health the average waiting period for persons on the waiting list for beds in the Durham County Hospital and Dryburn Hospital, Durham; and how this compares with each year from 1951 to date.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The waiting period varies between different departments, and average figures have no significance.

Mr. Bartley

asked the Minister of Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for admission to the General Hospital and the Isolation Hospital, Chester-le-Street.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Thirty persons are awaiting admission to the General Hospital and thirteen are on the chest physician's waiting list for the Durham area for admission to the Isolation Hospital or wherever a vacancy first occurs in the tuberculosis beds allocated to the area.