HC Deb 29 April 1975 vol 891 c80W
32. Mrs. Knight

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps she intends taking to improve eye hospital care facilities in the West Midlands.

Dr. Owen

Thirty-two additional ophthalmic beds will be provided when phase I of Selly Oak Hospital, now under construction, is completed, and work is planned to start this year on new operating theatres at the Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary. The health authorities are considering the nature and timing of further improvements, particular replacement of the unsatisfactory facilities at the Birmingham Eye Hospital.