HC Deb 05 December 1968 vol 774 c561W
Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present situation with regard to staff, vacancies and shortages in Nuneaton hospitals.

Mr. Ennals

The position is satisfactory except at the new maternity unit where some difficulty is being met in recruiting nursing staff.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the estimated capital cost of the recently built boiler house at the George Elliot Hospital, Nuneaton.

Mr. Ennals

£81,000.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the population of the catchment area served by the new maternity hospital in Nuneaton.

Mr. Ennals

About 177,000 including 68,000 outside the Birmingham region.