HC Deb 14 March 1985 vol 75 cc240-3W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all those hospital closures or partial closures to which community health councils have objected since 1979, indicating whether or not the closure went ahead.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 4 March 1985, c. 419]: Following are those hospitals for which

Region AHA/DHA Hospital Whole (WC) or partial closure (PC) Approved (A) Not approved (N) Decision pending (P) at 31 December 1984
Year of decision on approval: May 1979—December 1979
Yorkshire Humberside Townend Maternity WC A
East Anglian Norfolk Bowthorpe WC N
Oxford Oxfordshire Cowley Road PC A
Year of decision on approval: 1980
North West Thames Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow West Middlesex PC A
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster St. Columbas
North East Thames City and East London London Jewish WC A
Enfield and Haringey Bearstead Memorial WC A
South West Thames Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Henderson WC N
St. Benedict's WC A
Year of decision on approval: 1981
Northern North Tyneside Willington Quay WC A
Cleveland North Tees PC A
Yorkshire Humberside Withernsea PC A
Wakefield Snapethorpe PC N
Stanley Royd PC A
Newton Lodge Annexe WC A
Carr Gate WC A
Headlands WC A
Trent Derbyshire Parwich WC A
Smedley Memorial WC A
Lincolnshire Skegness and District PC A
North West Thames Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow West Middlesex PC A
Temple Hill House WC A
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster St. Mary's W9 PC A
Bedfordshire Daneswood Convalescent WC A
North East Thames Essex St. Margaret's PC A
South East Thames Greenwich and Bexley Queen Mary's PC A
Wessex Hampshire Barton-on-Sea Maternity Home WC N
Mersey Liverpool Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital Heswall Branch WC N
Year of decision on approval: 1982
West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Kidderminster General, Bewdley Road Branch PC A
Year of decision on approval: 1983
East Anglian Norwich Home Place Convalescent WC A
Longacre WC A
North West Thames Barnet West Hendon WC A
Brent Leamington Park WC A
North East Thames Haringey Prince of Wales WC A
South East Thames Camberwell St. Giles WC A
Maidstone Preston Hall WC A
South West Thames Wandsworth South London Hospital for Women WC A
Oxford Kettering Corby Community WC A
South Western Frenchay Wendover Maternity WC A
Mersey Wirral Cleaver WC A
Year of decision on approval: 1984
Northern Gateshead Whickham Cottage WC P
Yorkshire East Yorkshire Woodgates Maternity WC A
Airedale Wharfedale Children's WC P
Leeds Eastern Marguerite Hepton WC P
Leeds Western Grassington WC P
Bradford Thornton View WC A
Shipley WC N
North West Thames Hounslow and Spelthorne St. John's WC A
Brent Central Middlesex PC A
East Hertfordshire Hertford County PC A
Paddington and North Kensington Chepstow Lodge WC A

proposals for whole or partial closure were referred to the Secretary of State for approval because they were opposed by community health councils. The table indicates which proposals were approved or not approved, or on which a decision was pending at 31 December 1984.

Region AHA/DHA Hospital Whole (WC) or partial closure (PC) Approved(A) Not approved(N) Decision pending(P) at 31 December 1984
North Bedfordshire Park WC P
Hammersmith and Fulham West London PC A
Charing Cross PC A
Hillingdon Uxbridge Cottage WC P
North East Thames Enfield Cheshunt Cottage WC P
Waltham Forest Jubilee WC P
Harts WC A
West Essex Herts and Essex PC P
Newham St. Andrew's PC A
City and Hackney The Mothers WC A
The German WC A
St. Matthews WC A
Tower Hamlets Mildmay Mission WC A
South East Thames Greenwich Eltham and Mottingham WC P
St. Nicholas WC P
Bromley Beckenham PC P
Lennard WC P
South West Thames South West Surrey Haslemere and District PC P
Mid-Downs Horsham Maternity WC P
Wessex Salisbury Westminster Memorial PC A
Oxford Milton Keynes Westbury Maternity Home WC A
South Western Frenchay Cossham Memorial PC P
West Midlands South Warwickshire Monroe Devis Maternity Home WC P
Shropshire Beeches WC P
Cross Houses WC P
Eye, Ear and Throat WC P
Wellington Cottage WC P
Wrekin PC P
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt PC P
Oswestry and District PC P
Worcester and District St. Wulstan's WC A
Mersey Liverpool Women's PC P
Sir Alfred Jones PC P
Newsham PC P
Princes Park WC A
Chester Ellesmere Port PC A
North Western Preston Fulwood Continuation WC P
West Lancashire Wrightington WC P
Bury Ainsworth WC A
Wigan Ashton WC A

Notes to tables:

1. Information is for the period May 1979 to 31 December 1984, the latest date for which comprehensive information is available centrally.

2. Included in the table are proposals opposed by councils but which at 31 December 1984 had not yet been referred to the Secretary of State.

3. Information on whether approved closures have yet taken place is not available centrally.