HC Deb 29 March 1965 vol 709 cc156-7W
55. Mr. Lubbock

asked the Minister of Health if he will undertake a survey of operating theatres in hospitals administered under the National Health Service, with a view to a programme for the rapid raising of standards of safety, efficiency and working space.

Mr. K. Robinson

Hospital Boards will be reassessing the priorities within their programmes as part of the review of the Hospital Plan. They have a considerable programme of new operating theatres in hand and will be considering what adjustments are necessary to this programme in the light of their full knowledge of the need for this and other building work.

59. Mr. Fisher

asked the Minister of Health what changes he will introduce in hospital operating methods, equipment and facilities, in the light of the inquiry by Dr. Buxton Hopkin and Sister Amy Reeder into conditions in 87 British hospitals, details of which have been sent to him.

Mr. K. Robinson

The suggestions made in this report reflect, for the most part, the principles already used in current planning of theatres.