§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what contingency measures he has taken in order to meet the recommendations of the Bevan Report in the event of the impossibility of recruiting local practitioners to work on a regular basis within the new accident unit at Haverfordwest;
(2) whether he is satisfied that the proposed new accident unit at Haverfordwest will receive adequate support in paediatrics and orthopaedics and that the Hospital Management Committee and the doctors at the hospital are aware of and fully understand the arrangements; and if he will make a statement;
(3) if he is satisfied that there will be sufficient beds in the hospitals at Haverfordwest to cater for the new accident unit without increasing waiting lists both before and after the completion of the new district general hospital; and if he will make a statement;
(4) how he proposes to ensure that adequate cover is provided in the absence of the consultant who is to be appointed to the accident unit at Haverfordwest;
(5) whether he is satisfied that when a doctor of consultant status is appointed to the accident unit at Haverfordwest he will have adequate professional support including at least one doctor of medical assistant grade, two junior doctors, and one general physician; and if lie will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gibson-WattThe Welsh Hospital Board is currently considering all these matters in planning the detailed working arrangements for the new unit.
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§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales on how many occasions since the publication of the Bevan Report members and officials of the Welsh Hospital Board have met members of the hospital management committee to discuss detailed working arrangements for the new accident unit at Haverfordwest.
§ Mr. Gibson-WattRepresentatives of the Welsh Hospital Board and the Hospital Management Committee have met on about 10 occasions to discuss the new accident unit and other matters arising from Dr. Bevan's report.