HC Deb 04 December 1968 vol 774 cc514-5W
Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what was the capital building cost of the maternity hospital at Nuneaton recently completed.

Mr. Ennals

£745,000, plus £119,000 for associated staff accommodation.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current waiting list for geriatric beds at Nuneaton hospitals.

Mr. Ennals

12 at 30th September. 1968.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what proposals he has made about the future of nurses' training at Nuneaton Hospital.

Mr. Ennals

None, but I understand that the General Nursing Council has just approved the Nuneaton Training School, comprising the George Eliot Hospital and Manor Hospital, for the training of pupil nurses, in addition to student nurse training.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what is the population of the catchment area served by the new plastics unit at Manor Hospital, Nuneaton.

Mr. Ennals

About 766,000.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what proposals the regional hospital board have submitted for an increase in geriatric bed capacity at Nuneaton hospitais.

Mr. Ennals

None. The Board are at present reviewing their capital programme.