§ Mr. Peter Emeryasked the Minister of Health how many beds are allocated for the young chronic sick within the area of the Reading and District Hospital Management Committee; how many are waiting for a hospital bed; how many are confined in beds close to or in the same wards as geriatric patients; and what improvements are planned to deal with them.
§ Mr. LoughlinTen beds. Information about the number of young chronic sick waiting for admission to hospital is not readily available. I am told that no young chronic patient is in a bed close to or in the same ward as geriatric patients. The hospital management committee is considering whether a special unit should be provided for young chronic sick.