§ 50. Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to ensure that regional hospital boards are aware of the changing balance of population within their board areas, so that their plans for hospital development reflect future rather than past needs.
§ Sir K. JosephThe Office of Population Censuses and Surveys issues population projections, adjusted for migration, for hospital regions. On the basis of these and of forecasts made by local authorities, boards make future estimates of population for sub-divisions of their regions. The Office of Population Census and Surveys plans to pro-64W duce population projections for the new health regions and areas.