§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further consideration has been given to paying benefits into a recipients' current bank account if desired; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. OrmeExploratory discussions are being held with officials of the Inter-Bank Research Organisation about the possibility of making payments direct to bank accounts, but these are at an early stage. Much work remains to be done
Region Number of Neurosurgery Beds* Population (millions) Number of Beds per million population North West Thames 36.0 3.5 10.3 Brent and Harrow AHA 23.6 — — Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow AHA 20.6 — — Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster AHA 10.2 — — North East Thames 155.0 3.7 41.9 Barking and Havering AHA 43.8 — — Camden and Islington AHA 42.2 — — City and East London AHA 68.5 — — South East Thames 55.0 3.6 15.3 East Sussex AHA 2.7 — — Greenwich and Bexley AHA 51.7 — — Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham AHA 0.3 — — South West Thames 82.0 2.9 28.3 West Sussex AHA 27.3 — — Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth AHA 54.5 — — * Numbers of beds are expressed as decimals where they are shared with specialties besides neurourgery: Regional totals have been rounded up. In addition, neurosurgical beds are provided at two London hospitals controlled by boards of governors: 15.9 beds at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, and 42 beds at the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital in South-East London. The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases also provides neurosurgical services, but all beds there are counted under the general heading of "neurology".