HC Deb 28 July 1964 vol 699 c279W
Mr. Denzil Freeth

asked the Minister of Health what hospital building projects were completed in the administrative county of Hampshire between 1946 and 1957 and between 1958 and 1963; what was the cost of each; and if he will give the same details for those projects now under construction.

3. Mr. Braine

The information is as follows (details for the period before 1948 are not readily available):

1948 to 1957

(a) Schemes costing under £50,000. 157 schemes at 47 different hospitals. Total cost £576,000. (b) Schemes costing £50,000 and over.

  1. (i) New kitchen at the Royal Hants County Hospital, Winchester; cost £57,371.
  2. (ii) New boiler house at Knowle Hospital; cost £77,485.

1958 to 1963

(a) Schemes costing under £50,000 141 schemes at 34 different hospitals. Total cost £1,083,000.

(b) Schemes costing £50,000 and over.

  1. (i) New out-patient department and casualty department at Gosport War Memorial Hospital; cost £50,598.
  2. (ii) Admission unit at Tatchbury Mount Hospital; cost £50,385.
  3. (iii) Two new villas at Tatchbury Mount Hospital; cost £159,663.

Projects under construction

(a) Schemes costing under £50,000. Schemes at 6 different hospitals. Total cost £131,944.

(b) Schemes costing over £50,000. Redevelopment of Coldeast Hospital. Estimated total cost over £600,000. In addition, planning is at an advanced stage on the following major schemes: The New Basingstoke District General Hospital. The Royal Hants County Hospital, Winchester, maternity unit. Completion of redevelopment of Tatchbury Mount Hospital.