§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services where he proposes the geriatric patients at the Memorial Hospital should go if that hospital is closed; and what reduction of facilities they would suffer and what new expenditure would be necessary at their new hospital.
§ Mr. MoyleThe health authorities have been asked to examine the practicality of transferring the geriatric services to St. Nicholas Hospital, and they will be considering the matters raised by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the information requested in the Questions on hospitals (Greenwich and Bexley Area 806W Health Authority) from the hon. Member for Woolwich, West was known to him when he decided to recommend the closure of the Memorial Hospital and the Eltham and Mottingham Hospital.
§ Mr. MoyleMy right hon. Friend was aware of those facts which were relevant to his decisions, but not all the information available to him was in the specific form requested by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to be able to reply in detail to the Questions on hospitals (Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority) on 16th December from the hon. Member for Woolwich, West.