§ 31. Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the present arrangements now in train for the use of Willesden General Hospital preclude its further development into a community hospital and focal point for some personal social services relevant to an area of dense population with inner city deprivation.
§ Mr. MoyleNo. The Brent and Harrow Area Health Authority and the London borough of Brent have agreed to use joint finance to build a day centre for the elderly in the grounds of this hospital. The area health authority is also examining the possibility of establishing a health centre there. Although the hospital cannot be designated as a community hospital, since the patients are likely to be under the care of consultants, the authority hopes to develop services to528W wards a community hospital by seeking ways of involving local general practitioners in its running.