§ Mr. Lilleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement on the progress of the programme of hospital building in Scotland, up to the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. NobleIn the six months from April, 1963, to September, 1963, inclusive, hospital works to the value of £2,035,000 were completed; these provided 460 new hospital beds. At the end of September schemes estimated to cost £15,332,000 were in progress, including 12 schemes costing over £250,000, of which the new Maternity Hospital, Yorkhill, the second extension to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, and Phase 1 of a major extension to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary will each cost over £1 million and new hospitals at Dunoon and Fort William, a new outpatient department at the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, a major extension to a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh, and an experimental ward unit with associated operating theatres at Falkirk, will each cost about £½ million.
Further particulars are as follows:
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Schemes costing over £30,000 completed during the six months ended 30th September, 1963 Estimated Cost £ Aberdeen Royal Infirmary—Radio therapy unit 138,000 Maryfield Hospital, Dundee—Modular operating theatre 44,000 Royal Dundee Liff Hospital—General development scheme 547,000 Cameron Hospital, Windygates, Fife—Geriatric unit 150,000 Knightswood Hospital, Glasgow—Central sterile supply department 56,000 Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge—Centralisation of heating system 42,000 Bridge of Weir Sanatorium—Conversion for geriatrics 76,000 Greenock Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital—Extension 33,000 Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock—Heating centralisation 50,000 Royal Scottish National Institution, Larbert—Extension, Phase 2 441,000 New Hospital, Portree, Isle of Skye 143,000 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary—Extension, Phase 1 2,015,000
Schemes costing over £30,000 started during the six months ended 30th September, 1963 Estimated Cost £ Aberdeen Royal Infirmary—Special Block. Reorganisation of ground floor 59.000 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh—Metabolic unit 33,000 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh—Improvements to X-ray department 52,000 City Hospital, Edinburgh—E.N.T. unit and operating theatres 276,000 City Hospital, Edinburgh—Non-resident staff accommodation 63,000 Princess Margaret Rose Hospital, Edinburgh—Clinical and nurse training units and limb fitting centre 197,000 The Rosslynlee Hospital, Rosslyn— Upgrading sanitary annexes 30,000 Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, Fife—Renewal of boiler plant 69,000 Royal Infirmary, Glasgow—Temporary nurse training school 43,000 Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow—Outpatient and casualty department 551,000 Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary—Experimental ward unit and operating theatres 455,000
PERSONAL INJURY, ROAD ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES Number of accidents Casualties Killed Seriously injured Slightly injured Total 1962 … … 33 Nil 3 34 37 1963 … … 53 1 4 56 61