HC Deb 10 November 1958 vol 595 cc4-5W
61. Mr. Hale

asked the Minister of Health (1) the estimated number of chronic sufferers from disseminated sclerosis who are not in receipt of any institutional treatment or of any special home nursing; and what steps he is taking to provide additional institutional accommodation;

(2) whether he will consult with the Secretary of State for Air in regard to the possibility of the allocation and adaptation of one or more disused war-time residential aerodromes for the provision of institutional accommodation for chronic sufferers from disseminated sclerosis or Parkinson's disease.

Mr. Walker-Smith

I regret that the information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. I rely on Regional Hospital Boards to secure suitable hospital provision for those patients who require it, and I do not think that the adaptation of a disused aerodrome would be suitable.