HC Deb 03 July 1967 vol 749 c159W
13. Mr. Kitson

asked the Minister of Health how many people are on the waiting list for hospital beds for the mentally subnormal in the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board area; and what steps are being taken to make more beds available in the area.

Mr. Snow

451. By 1971, 766 new beds will have been brought into use, some of which are required to reduce over-crowding and to rehouse patients inappropriately accommodated.