§ 67. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health if he will state the date when the casualty department at the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, will be reopened.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI understand this department resumed a 24-hour service today.
§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health what are his plans to increase the number of medical staff in the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board's area, so that the casualty ward at the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, can be reopened.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe Sheffield Regional Hospital Board have been able to fill two vacant registrar posts at Rotherham Hospital with locums, and so to release medical staff loaned from the Montagu Hospital. The casualty department there has resumed a 24-hour service from today.
§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health if he will now state the year when the project for upgrading of the Mexborough Montagu Hospital will be completed.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonNo. Minor improvements have been or will be made as funds permit, but future plans for this hospital still envisage replacement rather than upgrading.
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§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health (1) if he will take steps to have published details of the survey which was completed in 1963, of the existing buildings and services at the Mexborough Montagu Hospital;
(2) if he will take steps to obtain an up-to-date detailed technical survey of the existing buildings and services at the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonIt would not be appropriate to publish a report prepared for the information of the regional hospital board by its officers. The board is fully aware of the deficiencies of this hospital and a fresh survey is not considered necessary.