§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many fully equipped intensive and special care baby units are in operation; and what are the names and locations of each hospital in which they are situated and the respective number of intensive and special care baby cots.
§ Sir George YoungI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 22 October 1979.—[Vol. 972, c.92—4.] Information on the numbers of special and intensive care cots for the newly born 621W is not collected routinely, but the following changes have come to the Department's notice since that reply was given:
Northern RegionNewcastle general hospital: number of intensive care cots now three.Yorkshire regionLeeds general infirmary (Roundhay hospital): a number of intensive care cots available (see below).Trent regionNottingham city hospital: number of special care cots now 38.Jessop hospital, Sheffield: number of special care cots now 25.West Midlands regionBirmingham maternity hospital: number of intensive care cots now five.Oxford regionJohn Radcliffe hospital, Oxford: number of special care cots now 34.South-East Thames regionKing's College hospital: number of special care cots now 20 and of intensive care cots now four.Guy's hospital: number of special care cots now 15.Royal Sussex hospital, Brighton: number of intensive care cots now five.South-West Thames regionSt. George's hospital, Tooting: number of special care cots is now 10.London Post-Graduate Boards of GovernorsHospitals for sick children, Great Ormond Street and Queen Elizabeth hospital, Hackney: a number of intensive care cots available (see below).Cots at the hospitals for sick children (Great Ormond Street and Hackney) and at the Leeds general infirmary serve both specialist surgery and paediatric intensive care as required; the numbers employed for each of these purposes will vary according to demand.