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Sir Geoffrey Finsberg

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list by region and area or district all the hospitals whose closure he or his predecessors have authorised between February 1974 and May 1983.

Mr. John Patten

Information readily available is as follows:

Northern Region

  • Cleveland AHA.—Overdene Maternity Home
  • North Tyneside AHA.—Willington Quay Maternity
  • South Tyneside AHA.—Cleadon Park
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  • Gateshead AHA.—W. J. Sanderson

Yorkshire Region

  • Wakefield AHA.—Headlands, Newton Lodge Annexe, Carr Gate
  • Humberside AHA.—Townend Maternity
  • Leeds AHA.—Gateforth
  • Kirklees AHA.—Bradley Wood

Trent Region

  • Derbyshire AHA. — Smedley Memorial, Parwich, Holbrook Maternity Home
  • Lincolnshire AHA. — Sleaford Maternity Home, Gainsborough Maternity

North-West Thames Region

  • Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster AHA. (T).—St. Columba's, Joyce Green, Middlesex Convalescent Home
  • Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow AHA. (T). —Western, Temple Hill House
  • Bedfordshire AHA.—Daneswood Convalescent Home

North-East Thames Region

  • City and East London AHA. (T).—Garrett Anderson Maternity Home, London Jewish, Plaistow Maternity, Zachary Merton Annexe, Metropolitan, Poplar
  • Enfield and Haringey AHA.—Bearsted Memorial
  • Redbridge and Waltham Forest AHA.—Connaught
  • Essex AHA.—Albert Road Maternity

South-East Thames Region

  • Greenwich and Bexley AHA.—The Gables, Bexley and Welling, Bexley Maternity, British Hospital for Mothers and Babies

South-West Thames Region

  • Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth AHA. (T). — St. Benedicts, Weir Maternity
  • West Sussex AHA.—Zachary Merton Maternity

Oxford Region

  • Oxford AHA. (T).—Cowley Road
  • Northamptonshire AHA. — Pitsford House, Creaton, Wellingborough, Margaret Spencer, Corby Maternity Unit
  • Buckinghamshire AHA.—Stone Maternity Home

West Midlands Region

  • Salop AHA—Cosford
  • Birmingham AHA. (T).—Romsley Hill

Mersey Region

  • Wirral AHA.—Victoria Central Hospital Surgical Unit, Leasowe, Caldy Manor
  • Cheshire AHA.—Oakmere Rehabilitation
  • St. Helens and Knowsley AHA.—Haydock Cottage
  • Chester HA.—Barrowmore

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital accident and emergency departments have been closed or partially closed in the geographical area covered by the Greater London area and district health authorities since 31 December 1976, identifying the name of the hospital, the date of closure or partial closure and the area or district concerned.

Mr. John Patten

Comprehensive information is not available centrally in the form requested.