§ Mr. Joplingasked the Minister of Health how many beds are available at the Ethel Hedley Children's Orthopaedic Hospital, Windermere; what was the average number of occupied beds during each of the last six months, and in each of the last five years; how many staff, according to grades, are employed either full-time or part-time; and what capital expenditure has been involved in each of the last five years, and during each previous five-year period since the hospital was established.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonFifty. The average occupation of beds was:
October, 1967 … … 24.6 November, 1967 … … 22.47 December, 1967 … … 19 January, 1968 … … 17.87 February, 1968 … … 21.38 March, 1968 … … 21.9 1963 … … 32.83 1964 … … 32.59 1965 … … 28.67 1966 … … 27.05 1967 … … 21.87 The staff employed are:
Whole time Part time Matron … 1 — Sisters … 4 2 Staff Nurses … — 2 Nursing cadets … 11 — Nursing auxiliaries … — 2 Physiotherapist … — 1 Domestic staff … 2 3 Cooks … — 2 Clerical … — 1 Gardener … 1 — Stoker/Handyman … 1 — Porter … 1 — Others … — 2 Capital expenditure:
£ 1948–49 to 1952–53 … … 2,405 1953–54 to 1957–58 … … 499 1958–59 to 1962–63 … … 6,537 1963–64 to 1967–68 … … Nil Figures for years before 1948 are not available.