§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the progress of work now being carried out at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. 9W Gateshead, to achieve a 1,000 bedded district general hospital; what is the total cost of the entire project; and when it is expected that the work will be completed.
§ Mr. SnowA new out-patient department and part of a new X-ray department were completed in August. Building of an accident and emergency department and the remainder of the X-ray department is planned to start after 1969–70. Further development is planned but I cannot at present forecast when the entire project, the estimated cost of which is about £8.5 million, will be completed.