HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 cc169-70W
126 and 127. Mr. Donnelly

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people from Pembrokeshire who have been treated at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, during the past 12 months;

(2) what estimate he has made of the number of ambulance journeys between Pembrokeshire and hospitals at Carmarthen, Morriston or Singleton and vice versa during the past 12 months.

Mr. Snow

During the six months ended 30th September, 1968, 928 inpatients from Pembrokeshire, other than maternity cases, were treated at West Wales General Hospital, Glangwili. Information relating to out-patients and maternity cases is not available.

During the past 12 months, approximately 1,600 ambulance journeys were made to and from West Wales General Hospital, Glangwili, and some 200 journeys to the two hospitals in Swansea.