HC Deb 10 March 1980 vol 980 c427W
Mr. Race

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a list of those hospitals or hospital units which have been completed since 3 May 1979 and which have not admitted patients due to inadequate current expenditure provisions in that area health authority;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a list of those hospitals or hospital units which have been opened for public use since 3 May 1979, and which

Region Area Health Authority Name of hospital Type Beds
SW Thames Surrey Guildford District General Acute 398
St. George's Hospital, Tooting Additional Wing. Acute 270 (Wing)
Wessex Hampshire(T) Queen Alexandra, Portsmouth Mainly acute 662
Oxford Oxfordshire (T) John Radcliffe Teaching, acute 479 (Phase II)
West Midlands Hereford and Worcester. Newtown District General, Worcester. Psychiatric, geriatric and psychogeriatric. 260 (Phase I)
Sandwell Sandwell District General General 441

I have not been advised of any instance where the opening for public use of a whole hospital or major phase of a hospital completed since 3 May 1979 has been postponed because of inadequate revenue, but I am aware that the opening of H block of the Nottingham city hospital, comprising 148 beds—renal dialysis, burns, plastic surgery and children—has been postponed for that reason.

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