HC Deb 23 July 1984 vol 64 cc409-10W
Mr. Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospitals in the Yorkshire regional health authority which closed in (a) 1980, (b) 1981, (c) 1982 and (d) 1983, giving the total number of beds lost in each closure.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The information that we have available centrally on complete hospital closures follows in table 1. The information available centrally on building schemes over £5 million completed during this period is in table 2.

TABLE 1
Hospitals approved for complete closure
Area/district Hospital Number of beds
1980
Leeds Haigh hospital, Leeds 34
1981
North Yorkshire Fulford maternity hospital 87
Wakefield Newton Lodge annexe 35
Wakefield Carr gate hospital 35
Wakefield Headlands hospital, Pontefract 125
1982
Nil
1983
Leeds western Leeds maternity 123
Leeds western Leeds hospital for women 86
Dewsbury Batley general 80
Dewsbury Mirfields memorial 22
Dewsbury Dewsbury general 133
Harrogate Carlton lodge maternity home 13

Notes:

Temporary closures are not included.

Dates on which closures are implemented are not recorded centrally.

TABLE 2
Schemes over £5 million completed between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1983
Area/district Project/scheme Beds in scheme Year of completion
Grimsby Grimsby DGH phase 1 472 1982
Leeds western Leeds general infirmary phase 1 291 1982

Mr. Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospitals in the Trent regional health authority which closed in (a) 1980, (b) 1981, (c) 1982 and (d) 1983, giving the total number of beds lost in each closure.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The information we have available centrally on complete hospital closures follows in table 1. The information available on building schemes over £5 million completed during this period is in table 2.

Table 1
Hospitals Approved for Complete Closure
Area/District Hospital Number of beds
(a) 1980
Nottinghamshire Adbolton Hall, Nottingham 26
(b) 1981
Derbyshire Smedley Memorial Hospital 27
Sheffield Thornbury Hospital 58
Derbyshire Parwich Hospital 47
Nottinghamshire Nottingham Women's Hospital 132
Nottinghamshire Firs Maternity Hospital 40
Lincolnshire Tuxford Hostel, Nottingham 16
Sheffield St. Joseph's Hospital Sheffield 90
Sheffield Hallwood Isolation Hospital 18
(c) 1982
North Lincolnshire Alexandra Hospital, Woodhall Spa 28
Leicestershire Markfield Hospital 119
North Lincolnshire Foxby Hill Hospital, Gainsborough 20
North Derbyshire Chesterfield Royal Hospital 275
(d) 1983
North Derbyshire Ashgate Maternity Home 22
North Derbyshire Morton 42
South Derbyshire Blakeley 30
South Derbyshire Draycott 37
South Lincolnshire Boston General 58
North Derbyshire Ashgate Annex E 43
Leicestershire Zachary Merton Recovery Home 92

Notes:

(1) Temporary closures are not included.

(2) Dates on which closures are implemented are not recorded centrally.

Table 2
Schemes Over £5 Million Completed Between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1983
Area/District Project/Scheme Beds in Scheme Year of Completion
Nottinghamshire Queens Medical Centre Development Phase 2 1,003 1980
North Derbyshire Chesterfield DGH Phase 1 448 1983
Leicestershire Glenfield DGH Phase 1 200 1983
Rotherham Rotherham DGH Phase 2 178 1983