§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Minster of Health how many nett additional maternity beds will be provided in each region under the Hospital Plan as now 83W revised; how many will be available within seven years; and how many would have been provided under the original 1962 Hospital Plan.
§ Mr. BarberThe following table shows, for each Hospital Board area, (i) the number of maternity beds provided in 1960 (the year to which the Hospital Plan, Cmnd. 1604, relates); (ii) the number of such beds which at the time of the original Plan, were expected to be provided on completion of schemes shown in Cmnd. 1604; (iii) the number of such beds now expected to be provided seven years after the second revision of the Plan; and (iv) the number of such beds now expected to be provided on completion of schemes in the second revision of the Plan. Teaching hospital beds are included in the appropriate Hospital Board area. Additional beds may be made available by deferring closures.
Region (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Newcastle 1,388 1,880 1,776 1,957 Leeds 1,411 1,780 1,987 2,177 Sheffield 1,769 2,480 2,503 2,896 East Anglia 534 900 760 816 North-West Metropolitan 1,922 2,300 2,351 2,575 North-East Metropolitan 1,679 2,200 2,290 2,292 South-East Metropolitan 1,375 1,710 1,779 1,991 South-West Metropolitan 1,508 1,780 2,179 2,421 Wessex 676 1,030 934 1,246 Oxford 655 1,100 958 1,072 South-Western 1,285 1,550 1,439 1,547 Birmingham 1,882 2,680 2,493 2,791 Manchester 2,047 2,540 2,705 2,799 Liverpool 1,102 1,510 1,506 1,613 Wales 1,298 1,580 1,612 1,766 Total 20,531 27,020 27,272 29,959