§ 19. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there are 14 hospital units scattered throughout Dorset, and that even after considerable expenditure many old buildings such as workhouses remain inefficient and uneconomic; and whether he will now reconsider his decision to postpone the new County Hospital, thus restoring to Dorset a fair priority.
§ Mr. LoughlinMany improvements have been made to the hospitals in Dorset and more are contemplated. The Wessex Regional Hospital Board considers that at present other needs in the region have greater priority than a new district general hospital at Dorchester.