HC Deb 19 June 1973 vol 858 cc81-2W
Mr. McGuire

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds there will be, and what specialties will be covered, in the new hospital at Skelmersdale.

Mr. Alison

The Liverpool Regional Hospital Board and the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, to whose successor authority responsibility for hospital services for Skelmersdale will be transferred on 1st April, 1974, are conferring on the proposed provision. It is not yet possible to provide the information requested.