§ Miss Pikeasked 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.