§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his Department's minimum standard for the provision of psychiatric in- and outpatient facilities per population unit; and how the Nuneaton and Bedworth area compares with this;
(2) what would be the cost of providing an additional 10, 14 and 20 beds, respectively, at the George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton;
(3) if he will now give a starting date for the new Nuneaton District General Hospital;
(4) whether he will give a starting date for the construction of the psychiatric day unit for Nuneaton hospitals;
(5) if he will list the numbers of those presently waiting for X-rays, and the average waiting time for Nuneaton hospitals, and give comparative figures for the same time in each of the years 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973, respectively;
(6) what discussions his Department has had with the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board about extending outpatients facilities at Nuneaton hospitals;
(7) what discussions his Department has had with the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board about the provision of more geriatric beds at Nuneaton hospitals;
(8) what representations he has received from the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board about the construction of a new pathology laboratory at the George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton;
(9) when the report of the Hospital Advisory Committee on Geriatric Facilities in Nuneaton Hospitals will be published;
(10) if he will make a statement about the approximate cost and size of the proposed new District General Hospital for Nuneaton.
§ Mr. AlisonI am writing to the hon. Member.