§ 62. Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Health the estimated number of persons disabled from employment by chronic disease who are in need of institutional treatment; and the total number of beds in hospitals and institutions allocated to patients suffering from chronic disease.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithAt the end of 1957, nearly 10,700 names were on waiting lists for 57,600 chronic sick and geriatric beds in National Health Service hospitals in England and Wales. These are for the most part elderly people, and the number capable of employment after treatment is therefore likely to be small.