HC Deb 08 July 1980 vol 988 c149W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if heart rate monitors, live fluid regulators, oxygen measurement monitors and artificial breathing machines are standard equipment in intensive care units in maternity hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Vaughan

This information is not available centrally. It is for individual health authorities, in consultation with the professional staff concerned, to determine the equipment required in each unit.

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether St. Mary's maternity hospital, Manchester is one of the hospitals with the status of special intensive care unit for the perinatal care; and whether its staffing and equipment reach the minimum standard laid down by his Department.

Sir George Young

A combined special and intensive care unit is sited at St. Mary's hospital, Manchester. It is for health authorities themselves to determine the staffing and equipment required in such units.