§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were awaiting operations in each of the main specialties at St. Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead, Greenwich District
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 St. Nicholas General surgery … … 263 311 522 428 402 306 Traumatic/Orthopaedic … … 30 1 14 10 5 3 Ophthalmology … … 170 202 329 420 100 * Gynaecology … … 123 134 144 107 196 128 Urology … … 136 57 72 71 Nil Nil Greenwich District General surgery … … 34 101 175 150 232 238 Traumatic/Orthopaedic … … 51 39 40 87 82 66 Ophthalmology … … 25 66 55 79 147 154 Gynaecology … … 106 111 134 95 108 123 Urology … … 46 28 81 72 183 64 Brook General General surgery … … 329 347 379 346 304 248 Traumatic/Orthopaedic … … 107 108 108 102 122 111 Urology … … 122 75 97 111 34 40 Neurosurgery … … 77 54 63 36 40 32 Thoracic … … 47 27 22 35 29 23 Dental … … 147 103 82 8 1 Nil ENT … … 73 90 69 76 65 52 * Transferred to Greenwich District Hospital.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out the current rate of bed occupancy for (a) medical and (b) surgical beds at each
Surgical including Gynaecology Average available beds Medical Average occupied beds Percentage rate Average available beds Average occupied beds Percentage rate St. Nicholas' … 94.3 79.4 84.2 132.6 94.1 71.0 Dreadnought … 63.2 43.3 68.5 77.4 55.5 71.7 Greenwich District … 153.6 119.0 77.5 206.4 147.9 71.7 Brook General … 170.4 130.8 76.8 202.0 127.6 63.2 Memorial … — — — 25.1 10.9 43.4 Goldie Leigh … 22.1 7.5 33.9 — — — Eltham and Mottingham … * 6.9 * * 17.2 * * Beds not allocated to specialities—no comparison possible.