HC Deb 21 July 1964 vol 699 cc69-70W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Minister of Health how many beds are available for old people in Salford hospitals; and what estimate he has made of the number of such beds required.

Mr. Braine

There are 272 geriatric beds available in Salford but, together with a proportion of the further 160 beds available at Bridgewater Hospital, they serve a wider area than Salford alone. The current calculation of the future need for geriatric beds for the same catchment area is 350.