§ 13. Mr. Kitsonasked 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. Snow451. 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.