§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when it is expected that the number of beds in use at the North Staffordshire hospitals will equal these in use at June 1970.
§ Mr. AlisonIt is impossible to forecast how many beds will be available at a particular time in the future because this depends on staffing levels and on maintenance and capital works in pro-226W gress. Every effort is being made to recruit trained staff and student nurses.