HC Deb 08 March 1972 vol 832 cc362-3W
Sir H. Harrison

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new hospitals and old people's homes, and at what total cost, at 1970 constant prices, have been built in the administrative county of East Suffolk in each year since 1965; and what plans there are for new such buildings in the next five years.

Mr. Alison

The annual capital expenditure on hospital building in East Suffolk from 1965 at 1970 constant prices is at Table A. Table B lists the main items of new hospital provision in the period 1965–72 and those proposed to start in the period 1972–76. The East Anglian Regional Hospital Board proposes capital expenditure in the East Suffolk area for the four years from April, 1972, at about the same level in comparable prices as in the preceding four years.

East Suffolk County Council has provided five old people's homes since 1965 at a cost of approximately £480,000, and proposes in the next three years to provide three more for approximately £400,000.

TABLE A
Administrative County of East Suffolk Gross/Annual Capital Expenditure on Hospitals
£
1965–66. 498,060
1966–67. 503,409
1967–68. 284,508
1968–69. 839,907
1969–70. 919,399
1970–71. 663,318
1971–72 (estimated). 599,218

TABLE B

Main Items of New Provision in Period 1965–72

  • Ipswich—Anglesea Road Wing
    • New steam boiler plant and services.
    • Additional theatre accommodation.
  • Ipswich—Heath Road Wing
    • 50-bed geriatric unit.
  • Ipswich—New District General Hospital
    • Maternity department.
    • Boiler house and services.
    • Staff quarters.
    • Area laundry.
    • Interim psychiatric unit.
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  • Stow Lodge Hospital, Stowmarket
    • Major upgrading for geriatric patients including new boiler house and nurses' house.
  • Hartismere Hospital, Eye
    • New maternity department.
  • St. Clement's Hospital, Ipswich
    • New admission ward for psychiatric patients.
    • Two new wards for the mentally handicapped.

Main Items of New Provision proposed to be Started in Period 1972–76

  • Ipswich—New District General Hospital
    • Out-patient, accident and emergency departments.
    • Staff quarters.
    • Main ward block and supporting departments.
  • New District General Hospital on the coast to serve Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft
    • Main ward and out-patient accommodation with supporting departments.
    • Staff quarters.