HC Deb 28 November 1955 vol 546 cc165-6W
Mr. Champion

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the fact that the urgent waiting list of cases awaiting admission into institutions for mental defectives in Derbyshire has increased from 126 at the end of 1952, to 177 at the end of 1954 and that some of the urgent cases which were on the waiting list in 1948 are still on that list in 1955; and what he proposes to do to increase the accommodation for such cases.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Yes Additional beds are being provided principally at Aston Hall and the Ridgeway Hospital, Belper. 157 of these should be available early next year.