§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in the light of the evidence submitted to him by the hon. Member for Willesden, West, he will seek to arrange the mutual interchange of medical practitioners with the United States of America.
§ Mr. CrossmanI have studied the correspondence sent to me by my hon. Friend. Arrangements can be made between hospital authorities here and in the United States for the exchange of postgraduate students in medicine. As regards
Region Larger Acute Hospitals (over 100 beds) Psychiatric Hospitals Mental Illness Mental Handicap (Subnormality) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Newcastle … 48 5 7 15 0 9 12 17 2 Leeds … 48 16 9 15 19 4 13 1 7 Sheffield … 50 19 9 17 9 3 13 18 7 East Anglian … 54 10 0 14 0 7 14 13 2 North-West Metropolitan … 51 4 5 16 0 4 12 17 2 North-East Metropolitan … 53 2 0 16 6 8 15 0 3 South-East Metropolitan … 51 13 10 17 0 4 12 6 10 South-West Metropolitan … 52 11 9 16 0 0 13 18 0 Oxford … 54 6 10 21 0 11 15 12 11 South Western … 52 18 3 17 3 8 12 19 6 Birmingham … 47 6 10 15 3 0 13 3 7 Manchester … 47 0 3 14 1 4 13 3 2 Liverpool … 44 12 5 14 12 7 15 18 9 Wessex … 52 11 11 16 13 5 13 16 5 Further details of the average costs in these and other types of hospital are published in the "Hospital Costing Returns, year ended 31 March 1969", a copy of which is available in the Library.