§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospitals closed since 3 May 1979, the number of beds closed in each, and give the national totals.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFrom the information we have centrally, the number of whole hospitals approved for closure and their total number of beds, is as follows:
Hospitals Beds May-December 1979 18 1,255 January-December 1980 41 2,500 January-December 1981 32 2,017 January-December 1982 17 895 January-December 1983 52 3,638 January-December 1984 57 4,037 January-March 1985 4 179 Total May 1979-March 1985 221 14,521 Details of the individual hospitals are listed in the tables.
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Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Chester Davenham Hospital, Northwich 32 October 1979 Wirral St. James Hospital 75 July 1979 Wirral Thingwall Hospital 48 July 1979 Wirral Birkenhead General Hospital 181 July 1979
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(ii) Hospitals approved for complete closure 1980 Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern Cleveland Overdene Maternity Home, Cleveland 22 February 1980 Yorkshire Leeds Haigh Hospital, Leeds 34 May 1980 Trent Nottinghamshire Adbolton Hall, Nottingham 26 August 1980 East Anglian Cambridgeshire Grange Maternity Unit, Cambridge 10 March 1980 Norfolk Stow Hall Hospital, Norfolk 40 November 1980 North West Thames Bedfordshire Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Children's Annexe 61 July 1980 Hertfordshire Tolmers Park Hospital, Herts 67 January 1980 Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster St. Columba's Hospital 27 August 1980 North East Thames Camden and Islington Thomas Barlow Home 24 July 1980 Camden and Islington Cromwell Lodge 29 November 1980 City and East London London Jewish Hospital 128 February 1980 Enfield and Haringey Bearsted Memorial Hospital 38 December 1980 Essex Waltham Abbey War Memorial Hospital 21 December 1980 South East Thames Canterbury and Thanet Princess Mary's Hospital, Margate 146 February 1980 Hastings Bexhill Convalescent Home 78 October 1980 South East Kent Dover Eye Unit 34 December 1980 South West Thames East Surrey Caterham Main Hospital 23 September 1980 East Surrey Clerks Croft Hospital, Surrey 90 September 1980 East Surrey East Surrey Hospital 78 September 1980 East Surrey Horley Hospital 16 September 1980 East Surrey Smallfield Hospital 190 September 1980 Mid Surrey Cuddington Hospital 136 September 1980 Mid Surrey Queen Elizabeth House 32 May 1980 Wandsworth St. Benedict's Hospital 213 September 1980 Wessex Dorset Firs Maternity Home, Dorset 14 July 1980 Dorset Hahneman Convalescent Home, Dorset 32 September 1980 South Western Cheltenham Holm Hospital 66 March 1980 Plymouth Devonport Hospital 132 October 1980 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Holme Lacy Hospital 84 November 1980 Hereford and Worcester Stretton Sugwas Hospital 44 July 1980 Staffordshire Groundslow Hospital 118 June 1980 Staffordshire Standon Hall Hospital 79 June 1980 Mersey Liverpool Liverpool Psychiatric Day Hospital 30 September 1980 Wirral Highfield Maternity Hospital 47 February 1980 Wirral Wallasey Hospital for Women 31 May 1980 North Western Bolton Wilkinson Hospital 52 March 1980 Lancashire Deepdale Hospital 100 November 1980 Lancashire The Willows, Preston 23 November 1980 Lancashire Lostock Hall Continuation Hospital 41 December 1980 Oldham Strinesdale Hospital 44 August 1980 Wigan Pemberton Day Hospital — October 1980
(iii) Hospitals approved for complete closure 1981 Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern North Tyneside Willington Quay Maternity Hospital 14 November 1981 Yorkshire North Yorkshire Fulford Maternity Hospital 87 January 1981 Wakefield Carr Gate Hospital 35 November 1981 Wakefield Headlands Hospital, Pontefract 125 November 1981 Wakefield Newton Lodge Annexe 35 November 1981 Trent Derbyshire Smedley Memorial Hospital 27 February 1981 Derbyshire Parwich Hospital 47 May 1981 Lincolnshire Tuxford Hostel, Nottingham 16 August 1981 Nottinghamshire Firs Maternity Hospital 40 May 1981 Nottingham Nottinghamshire Women's Hospital 132 May 1981 Sheffield Thornbury Hospital 58 April 1981 Sheffield St. Joseph's Hospital, Sheffield 90 September 1981 Sheffield Hallwood Isolation Hospital 18 November 1981 East Anglian Cambridgeshire March Maternity Home 10 April 1981 North West Thames Bedfordshire Daneswood Convalescent Home 44 March 1981 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Temple Hill House 18 March 1981 North East Thames Barking and Haringey St. Faith's Hospital 293 October 1981 City and East London Aldersbrook Hospital 55 October 1981 City and East London Queen Mary's Hospital, Newham 112 October 1981 City and East London St. Mary's Hospital, Newham 64 October 1981 South West Thames Merton and Sutton Wimbledon Hospital 57 October 1981 Wessex Hampshire Winchfield Hospital 55 January 1981 Wiltshire St. Martin's Hospital 165 April 1981 Oxford Oxfordshire St. Mary's Hospital 30 July 1981 West Midlands Warwickshire St. Mary's Hospital, Harborough Magna 42 October 1981 Wolverhampton Queen Victoria Nursing Institute 20 May 1981 Mersey Chester Tadley Hostel 17 December 1981 Crewe Wrenbury Hostel 17 December 1981 Sefton Fleetwood Road Hospital 54 October 1981 Wirral Leasowe Hospital 123 January 1981 Wirral Victoria Central Hospital, Surgical Unit 95 January 1981 North Western Trafford Urmston Cottage Hospital 22 July 1981
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(iv) Hospitals approved for complete closure 1982 Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern Durham Langley Park Smallpox Hospital 24 September 1982 Trent Leicestershire Markfield Hospital 119 May 1982 North Derbyshire Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital 275 October 1982 North Lincolnshire Alexandra Hospital, Woodhall Spa 28 January 1982 North Lincolnshire Foxby Hill Hospital, Gainsborough 20 July 1982 North East Thames Camden and Islington City of London Maternity Hospital 86 April 1982 Camden and Islington Whittington Home 26 April 1982 Enfield Enfield War Memorial Hospital 44 October 1982
Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved South East Thames Dartford and Gravesham Joyce Green Hospital 22 May 1982 Tunbridge Wells Maswell House, Tunbridge Wells 26 December 1982 South Western Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Perranporth Hospital 31 September 1982 West Midlands Shropshire Ludlow and District Hospital 21 September 1982 Worcester and District South Bank Nursing Home 23 April 1982 Mersey Macclesfield Collar House, Prestbury 42 December 1982 North Western Bolton Havercroft Free Discharge Unit, Bolton 14 February 1982 Stockport Marple Dale Hospital, Stockport 94 January 1982 Thameside and Glossop Apsland Maternity Home, Salford — June 1982 324W325W
(v) Hospitals approved for complete closure 1983 Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern South Cumbria Kendal Green 79 August 1983 South Cumbria Meathop 45 August 1983 South Cumbria Westmoreland County 101 August 1983 Yorkshire Dewsbury Batley General 80 July 1983 Dewsbury Dewsbury General 133 July 1983 Dewsbury Mirfields Memorial 22 July 1983 Harrogate Carlton Lodge Maternity 13 December 1983 Harrogage Thistle Hill 43 September 1983 Leeds Western Leeds Maternity 123 February 1983 Leeds Western Leeds Hospital for Women 86 February 1983 Trent Leicester Zachary Merton Recovery Home 92 June 1983 North Derbyshire Ashgate Maternity Home 22 January 1983 North Derbyshire Ashgate Annex E 43 June 1983 North Derbyshire Morton 42 April 1983 South Derbyshire Blakeley 30 March 1983 South Derbyshire Draycott 37 March 1983 South Lincolnshire Boston General 58 March 1983 East Anglian Cambridge Mill Road Maternity 117 February 1983 East Suffolk St. Helens 61 September 1983 Huntingdon Huntingdon County 57 September 1983 Norwich Home Place Convalescent Home 32 December 1983 Norwich Longacre Maternity Home 12 December 1983 Peterborough Butterfield 12 March 1983 North West Thames Brent Leamington Park 95 August 1983 Barnet West Hendon 134 September 1983 North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire Maternity Hospital 85 November 1983 Victoria All Saints Hospital 45 December 1983 Victoria Vincent Square Day Hospital 18 December 1983 North East Thames Bloomsbury Royal National Orthopaedic 96 October 1983 Haringey Prince of Wales 115 November 1983 North East Essex Clacton Maternity 18 February 1983 North East Essex Essex Hall 154 July 1983 South East Thames Brighton Newhaven Valley 24 June 1983 Camberwell St. Giles 150 August 1983 Lewisham and Southwark St. John's 36 June 1983 Tunbridge Wells Hawkenbury 30 July 1983
Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved South West Thames Croydon Waddon Hospital 80 October 1983 Wandsworth South London Hospital for Women 172 November 1983 Wessex Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Sandy Point 57 November 1983 Salisbury Fordingbridge Cottage 22 September 1983 Oxford East Berkshire Farnham Park Rehabilitation Centre 55 November 1983 Oxfordshire Neithrop and Pines 64 December 1983 West Berkshire Henley War Memorial 25 December 1983 South Western Frenchay Leigh Court 133 June 1983 Frenchay Wendover Maternity 16 August 1983 Plymouth Alexander Maternity Home 21 March 1983 Plymouth Greenbank 220 March 1983 West Midlands Dudley The Limes 30 December 1983 Dudley Prestwood 135 December 1983 Mersey Wirral Cleaver 132 June 1983 North Western North Manchester Memorial Jewish 94 December 1983 Board of Governors (Queen Charlotte's) St. Leonard-on-Sea Convalescent Home 42 November 1983
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(vi) Hospitals approved for complete closure January 1984 to December 1984 Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern Northumberland Stannington Children's Hospital 40 February 1984 South Tees Belmont 24 November 1984 Yorkshire Bradford Thornton View 82 April 1984 Grimsby Springfield Hospital 100 March 1984 Wakefield Snapethorpe Hospital 24 March 1984 East Yorkshire Woodgates Maternity Home 30 November 1984 Harrogate Thistle Hill Hospital 43 October 1984 Trent Central Nottinghamshire Debdale Hall Recovery Home 37 February 1984 North Lincolnshire Lawn Hospital 125 February 1984 Doncaster Swallownest 50 July 1984 North Derbyshire Darley Hall Maternity 13 September 1984 Corbor Hall Maternity Home 16 October 1984 Nottingham Coppice Hospital 100 December 1984 Rotherham Aughton Court Hospital 62 September 1984 Sheffield Scott Road and Commonside Hostels 36 October 1984 Southern Derbyshire Derwent Hospital 108 October 1984 East Anglian Norwich The Vale 99 May 1984 Blofield Hall 21 September 1984 North West Thames Paddington and North Kensington Chepstow Lodge 47 June 1984 Hereford Lodge 43 July 1984 Hounslow and Spelthorne St. John's Hospital 33 October 1984 Hillingdon St. John's Hospital 102 October 1984 North East Thames City and Hackney The Mothers 81 June 1984 The German 93 June 1984 St. Matthews 164 June 1984 Tower Hamlets Mildmay Mission Hospital 62 March 1984 Waltham Forest Harts Hospital 78 May 1984 Lugano Nursing Home 26 May 1984
Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved South West Thames Merton and Sutton Cheam Hospital 68 April 1984 North West Surrey Murray House, Ottershaw 91 April 1984 East Surrey Bletchingley Hospital 43 July 1984 Mid-Downs Raffey Park 35 October 1984 Wandsworth Royal Dental Hospital — September 1984 Wessex Winchester Tichbourne Down House Hospital 40 April 1984 Bath Winsley Centre 40 November 1984 Oxford Milton Keynes Westbury Maternity Home 16 January 1984 Oxfordshire Longworth 37 March 1984 Northampton Upton Lawn Day Hospital 30 October 1984 East Berkshire Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital 155 November 1984 South Western Somerset Wellington Maternity Home 10 March 1984 Gloucester Cotswold Hospital 27 November 1984 West Midlands Bromsgrove and Redditch Blackwell Recovery Hospital 46 March 1984 Herefordshire Tupsley Hospital 31 February 1984 Mid-Staffordshire Yarnfield Hospital 36 April 1984 North-Staffordshire Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital 84 February 1984 Leek Memorial Hospital 21 February 1984 Lymewood Hospital 36 February 1984 Westcliff Hospital 146 February 1984 South Birmingham Birmingham Accident Hospital 149 May 1984 Worcester and District St. Wulstan's Hospital 260 June 1984 Wolverhampton Parkfields Hospital 47 November 1984 Mersey Liverpool Newsham General Hospital 480 March 1984 Princes Park Hospital 100 March 1984 Heswall Hospital 84 November 1984 Wirral Priory Day Hospital 50 October 1984 North Western Wigan Aston Hospital 32 February 1984 South Manchester Duchess of York Hospital 104 March 1984
(vii) Hospitals approved for complete closure January 1985-March 1985 Region and Area/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern Gateshead Whickham Cottage Hospital 30 February 1985 North West Thames North Bedfordshire Park Hospital 38 February 1985 North East Thames Bloomsbury Royal Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital 64 January 1985 North Western Preston Fullwood Continuation Hospital 47 March 1985
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospitals opened since May 1979, the number of beds brought into use in each, and give the national totals.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThirty-eight major hospital schemes providing 12,035 beds have been completed since May 1979. They are:
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No. of beds Northern North Tyneside Phase 1 334 Furness (Barrow) DGH Phase 1 382
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No. of beds Royal Victoria Infirmary — South Cleveland General Phase 1 — Yorkshire Grimsby DGH Phase 1 472 Leeds General Infirmary 291 Trent Queens Medical Centre Phase 2 1,003 Chesterfield DGH Phase 1 448 Glenfield DGH Phase 2 200 Rotherham DGH Phase 2 178 Lincoln County Phase 1 112
No. of beds E Anglian Hichinbrooke Hospital Phase 3 227 Ipswich Phase 1 (Heath Road) Nucleus 308 Kings Lynn DGH Phase 2 481 Great Yarmouth DGH Phase 1 248 N W Thames Watford Shrodells Wing Phase 3 368 N E Thames Broomfield Phase 5 — Colchester DGH Phase 2 286 London Hospital, Clinical Buildings — Newham Hospital Phase 1 Nucleus 293 S E Thames Maidstone DGH Phase 1 Nucleus 262 Orpington DGH Phase 1 308 S W Thames Croydon (Mayday) DGH 330 Redhill DGH (Nucleus) 224 Wessex Southampton General Phase 5 (Maternity) 218 Southampton General Phase 5 521 Oxford Milton Keynes DGH Phase 1 265 S Western Derriford DGH Phase 1 355 W Midlands Stafford DGH Phase 4 297 Dudley DGH (Russells Hall (Phase 3a)) 414 Mersey Macclesfield (Nucleus) Development 208 Halton DGH (Nucleus) Phase 2 232 Arrowe Park New DGH 1,007 West Cheshire (Nucleus) Phase 1 160 Royal Liverpool Hospital Phase ⅔ 820 N Western Preston New Hospital Phase 1 — Preston New Hospital Phase 2 700 Hope Hospital (Salford) Phase 1 83