§ Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Health how many patients, resident in the area served by the West Kent Hospital at Maidstone, were admitted to other hospitals in Kent and Sussex in the last convenient period for which figures are available; how many were admitted to London teaching hospitals and hospitals elsewhere in a similar period; and 5W if he will take steps to obtain an estimate of such figures as are not readily available.
§ Mr. LoughlinNo recent figures are available, but in 1960 approximately 990 patients resident in the area served by hospitals of the Central Kent Group were admitted to other hospitals in Kent and Sussex, 220 to London teaching hospitals, and 140 to hospitals elsewhere.