§ 15. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Health if, in view of the concern felt by some of the disabled soldiers who have lost limbs and are now on a care and maintenance basis at Rookwood Hospital at the prospect of this hospital being transferred from his Department, he will make it a condition of such transfer that the privileges now enjoyed by these men shall not be reduced or interfered with in any way.
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§ Mr. Walker-SmithThis hospital is not being transferred from my Department; it will in future be administered by the Regional Board and Hospital Management Committee on my behalf, but I shall continue to be responsible. It is a condition of these arrangements that the special facilities now provided for war pensioners, including those in residental care, shall be fully maintained.
REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARDS: MEDICAL STAFF AND BEDS IN MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL DEFICIENCY DEPARTMENTS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1956(1) Regional Board Mental Illness Department (2) Mental Deficiency Department Medical staff whole-time units (3) Beds Medical staff whole-time units (3) Beds Consultants Others Consultants Others Newcastle … 23 34 8,064 3 8 3,251 Leeds … 22 39 11,756 5 5 3,835 Sheffield … 34 52 10,702 6 7 4,151 East Anglia … 13 22 4,799 3 3 1,470 North West Metropolitan … 42 91 11,848 6 16 5,192 North East Metropolitan … 23 52 9,058 4 12 3,166 South East Metropolitan … 31 50 10,106 5 9 4,115 South West Metropolitan … 61 169 31,061 11 33 8,026 Oxford … 13 31 4,409 1 5 1,905 South Western … 25 53 11,009 5 9 6,183 Welsh … 21 43 9,136 2 4 2,051 Birmingham … 36 60 13,758 8 10 5,431 Manchester … 18 49 13,019 4 17 6,564 Liverpool … 21 40 8,004 1 1 726 (1) Including beds in mental and mental deficiency hospitals and in special departments of other hospitals. (2) Including child guidance and psychiatry. (3) The staff figures exclude general practitioners and house officers.