HC Deb 28 May 1970 vol 801 cc514-5W
Miss Pike

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the Service hospitals, giving for each the number of beds, the average bed occupancy at the most recent convenient date and the average cost per bed per week for each hospital, respectively.

Mr. Richard:

The Service hospitals are listed below, together with details of the number of beds available in each and the average bed occupancy expressed as a percentage of total available beds. The average cost per bed per week in Service hospitals in the United Kingdom is currently about £90. The average representative cost in overseas Service hospitals is about £87.

IN UNITED KINGDOM
Name and Location Available Beds Percentage bed Occupancy
Haslar 394 73
Plymouth 287 76
Millbank (London) 161 68.6
Royal Herbert (Woolwich) 220 66.4
Woolwich Maternity 20 64.6
Colchester 115 73.3
Cambridge (Aldershot) 320 58.4
Louise Margaret (Aldershot) 64 67.5
Tidworth 200 60.2
Catterick 178 61.5
Musgrave Park (Northern Ireland)* 44 63.6
Halton 180 83
Wroughton 280 79
Ely 175 84
Cosford 145 82
Nocton Hall 185 74
Uxbridge† 55 60
ABROAD
Name and Location Available Beds Percentage bed Occupancy
Berlin 68 56.5
Iserlohn 160 55.4
Munster 200 60
Rinteln 227 66.7
Hannover 179 54.
Wegberg 220 68
Gibraltar 67 71.5
Malta 169 48
Dhekelia (Cyprus) 65 74
Akrotiri (Cyprus) 130 74
Mauritius 32 34
Muharraq† 80 68
Singapore† 400 63.5
Changi† 115 66
Hong Kong 247 61.3
Dharan (Nepal) 70 85
* Service wing of civilian hospital.
† To be closed shortly.