§ Mr. Orbachasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present position with regard to the use of beds in existing hospitals; and what new hospital building is contemplated in the near future within the catchment area of the Stockport and Buxton Hospital Group.
§ Mr. AlisonA number of changes have been made recently to improve the service, but there are at present no further plans for significant changes in the uses to which beds in existing hospitals are put. Schemes are planned to start in the near future to provide four standard ward units, a psychiatric unit, two operat-
LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS IN THE LIVERPOOL REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD AREA Hospital births Domiciliary births Year Number Percentage Number Percentage 1963 … … … 32,375 71.1 13,143 28.9 1964 … … … 33,600 72.8 12,553 27.2 1965 … … … 33,373 76.3 10,375 23.7 1966 … … … 33,787 79.6 8,626 20.4 1967 … … … 33,664 82.7 7,038 17.3 1968 … … … 34,145 84.7 6,185 15.3 1969 … … … 33,905 86.9 5,122 13.1 1970 … … … 34,610 88.8 4,398 11.2 Notes:
Hospital births include births in non-National Health Service hospitals.
Domiciliary births include all non-hospital births.
266Wing theatres, a laundry and residential accommodation at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport; and an accident department at Stockport Infirmary.
§ Mr. Orbachasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many geriatric beds there are in hospitals under the control of the Stockport and Buxton Group Hospitals Management Committee; and what was the waiting list for geriatric beds in the same catchment area, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. AlisonThree hundred and ninety: 57 at 28th February, 1972.