§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Defence what use is now being made of the 150 beds at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, which were originally offered for use by the National Health Service as surplus to service needs.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownThe Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich was planned at 464 beds including an allocation of beds for NHS use. At present the hospital has only 371 authorised beds and will not become fully operational with 464 beds until September 1978. NHS patients have been admitted to the hospital on a fill up basis since it opened and it is the area hospital for all burns and plastic surgery cases.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the number of civilian patients treated at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, during each of the quarters 783W ending 30th June 1977, 30th September 1977, 31st December 1977, 31st March 1978 and 30th June 1978, respectively, indicating how many were in-patients.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownThe number of National Health Service patients admitted for in-patient treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital is as follows:
Quarter Ending Patients Admitted 30th June 1977 193 30th Sept. 1977 313 31st Dec. 1977 363 31st March 1978 524 30th June 1978 539 1,932 An assessment of the total number of NHS patients treated at the hospital cannot be given without disproportionate effort.