HC Deb 08 December 1986 vol 107 cc49-63W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospital closures and significant partial permanent closures which have been agreed locally,

Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1979–1986 (August)
Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved
(i) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure May 1979-December 1979
NORTHERN
Durham Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hunden's Unit July 1979
TRENT
Derbyside Nightingale Maternity Home July 1979
Sheffield Wales Court Hospital, Sheffield December 1979
NORTH WEST THAMES
Barnet St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Barnet June 1979
Barnet Orme Lodge, Barnet December 1979
Barnet Stanmore Cottage Hospital December 1979
NORTH EAST THAMES
Camden and Islington Garrett Anderson Maternity Home September 1979
SOUTH EAST THAMES
West Lambeth Holmhurst Hospital December 1979
SOUTH WEST THAMES
Mid Surrey Schiff Hospital, Surrey December 1979
WESSEX
Dorset Capesthorne Children's Unit, Dorset May 1979
OXFORD
Berkshire Peppard Hospital, Berkshire November 1979
MERSEY
Chester Barrowmore Hospital, Chester June 1979
Chester Davenham Hospital, Northwich October 1979
Wirral St. James Hospital July 1979
Wirral Thingwall Hospital July 1979
Wirral Birkenhead General Hospital July 1979
(ii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1980.
NORTHERN
Cleveland Overdene Maternity Home, Cleveland February 1980
YORKSHIRE
Leeds Haigh Hospital, Leeds May 1980
TRENT
Nottinghamshire Adbolton Hall, Nottingham August 1980
EAST ANGLIAN
Cambridgeshire Grange Maternity Unit, Cambridge March 1980
Norfolk Stow Hall Hospital, Norfolk November 1980
NORTH WEST THAMES
Bedfordshire Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Children's Annexe July 1980
Hertfordshire Tolmers Park Hospital, Herts January 1980

without reference to Ministers, since 1979 giving, in each case, the name of the hospital, the date of the closure and the name of the district special and regional health authorities.

Mrs. Currie

Following are the hospitals approved locally for complete or partial permanent closure since 1979. The information we keep centrally does not include a record of the date on which closure is implemented. Many of the buildings have been turned to other uses. For further information the hon. Member might like to approach the regional health authority concerned.

Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved
NORTH EAST THAMES
Camden and Islington Thomas Barlow Home July 1980
Camden and Islington Cromwell Lodge November 1980
Essex Waltham Abbey War Memorial Hospital December 1980
SOUTH EAST THAMES
Canterbury and Thanet Princess Mary's Hospital, Margate February 1980
Hastings Bexhill Convalescent Home October 1980
South East Kent Dover Eye Unit December 1980
SOUTH WEST THAMES
East Surrey Caterham Main Hospital September 1980
East Surrey Clerks Croft Hospital, Surrey September 1980
East Surrey East Surrey Hospital September 1980
East Surrey Horley Hospital September 1980
East Surrey Smallfield Hospital September 1980
Mid Surrey Cuddington Hospital September 1980
Mid Surrey Queen Elizabeth House May 1980
WESSEX
Dorset Firs Maternity Home, Dorset July 1980
Dorset Hahneman Convalescent Home, Dorset September 1980
SOUTH WESTERN
Cheltenham Holm Hospital March 1980
Plymouth Devonport Hospital October 1980
WEST MIDLANDS
Hereford and Worcester Holme Lacy Hospital November 1980
Hereford and Worcester Stretton Sugwas Hospital July 1980
Staffordshire Groundslow Hospital June 1980
Staffordshire Standon Hall Hospital June 1980
MERSEY
Liverpool Liverpool Psychiatric Day Hospital September 1980
Wirral Highfield Maternity Hospital February 1980
Wirral Wallasey Hospital for Women May 1980
NORTH WESTERN
Bolton Wilkinson Hospital March 1980
Lancashire Deepdale Hospital November 1980
Lancashire The Willows, Preston November 1980
Lancashire Lostock Hall Continuation Hospital December 1980
Oldham Strinesdale Hospital August 1980
Wigan Pemberton Day Hospital October 1980
(iii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1981
YORKSHIRE
North Yorkshire Fulford Maternity Hospital January 1981
TRENT
Lincolnshire Tuxford Hostel, Nottingham August 1981
Nottinghamshire Firs Maternity Hospital May 1981
Nottinghamshire Nottingham Women's Hospital May 1981
Sheffield Thornbury Hospital April 1981
Sheffield St. Joseph's Hospital, Sheffield September 1981
Sheffield Hallwood Isolation Hospital November 1981
EAST ANGLIAN
Cambridgeshire March Maternity Home April 1981
NORTH EAST THAMES
Barking and Haringey St. Faith's Hospital October 1981
City and East London Aldersbrook Hospital October 1981
City and East London Queen Mary's Hospital, Newham October 1981
City and East London St. Mary's Hospital, Newham October 1981
SOUTH WEST THAMES
Merton and Sutton Wimbledon Hospital October 1981
WESSEX
Hampshire Winchfield Hospital January 1981
Wiltshire St. Martin's Hospital April 1981
OXFORD

Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved
Oxfordshire St. Mary's Hospital July 1981
WEST MIDLANDS
Warwickshire St. Mary's Hospital, Harborough Magna October 1981
Wolverhampton Queen Victoria Nursing Institute May 1981
MERSEY
Chester Tadley Hostel December 1981
Crewe Wrenbury Hostel December 1981
Sefton Fleetwood Road Hospital October 1981
Wirral Leasowe Hospital January 1981
Wirral Victoria Central Hospital, Surgical Unit January 1981
NORTH WESTERN
Trafford Urmston Cottage Hospital July 1981
(iv) Hospitals, approved locally for complete closure 1982
NORTHERN
Durham Langley Park Smallpox Hospital September 1982
TRENT
Leicestershire Markfield Hospital May 1982
North Derbyshire Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital October 1982
North Lincolnshire Alexandra Hospital, Woodhall Spa January 1982
North Lincolnshire Foxby Hill Hospital, Gainsborough July 1982
NORTH EAST THAMES
Camden and Islington City of London Maternity Hospital April 1982
Camden and Islington Whittington Home April 1982
Enfield Enfield War Memorial Hospital October 1982
SOUTH EAST THAMES
Dartford and Gravesham Joyce Green Hospital May 1982
Tunbridge Wells Mawsell House, Tunbridge Wells December 1982
SOUTH WESTERN
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Perranporth Hospital September 1982
WEST MIDLANDS
Shropshire Ludlow and District Hospital September 1982
Worcester and District South Bank Nursing Home April 1982
MERSEY
Macclesfield Collar House, Prestbury December 1982
NORTH WESTERN
Bolton Havercroft Free Discharge Unit, Bolton February 1982
Stockport Marple Dale Hospital, Stockport January 1982
Thameside and Glossop Apsland Maternity Home, Salford June 1982
(v) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1983
NORTHERN
South Cumbria Kendal Green August 1983
South Cumbria Meathop August 1983
South Cumbria Westmoreland County August 1983
YORKSHIRE
Dewsbury Batley General July 1983
Dewsbury Dewsbury General July 1983
Dewsbury Mirfields Memorial July 1983
Harrogate Carlton Lodge Maternity December 1983
Harrogate Thistle Hill September 1983
Leeds Western Leeds Maternity February 1983
Leeds Western Leeds Hospital for Women February 1983
TRENT
Leicester Zachary Merton Recovery Home June 1983
North Derbyshire Ashgate Maternity Home January 1983
North Derbyshire Ashgate Annex E June 1983
North Derbyshire Morton April 1983
South Derbyshire Blakeley March 1983
South Derbyshire Draycott March 1983
South Lincolnshire Boston General March 1983
EAST ANGLIAN
Cambridge Mill Road Maternity February 1983

Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved
East Suffolk St. Helens September 1983
Huntingdon Huntingdon County September 1983
Peterborough Butterfield March 1983
NORTH WEST THAMES
North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire Maternity Hospital November 1983
Victoria All Saints Hospital December 1983
Victoria Vincent Square Day Hospital December 1983
NORTH EAST THAMES
Bloomsbury Royal National Orthopaedic October 1983
North East Essex Clacton Maternity February 1983
North East Essex Essex Hall July 1983
SOUTH EAST THAMES
Brighton Newhaven Valley June 1983
Lewisham and Southwark St. John's June 1983
Tunbridge Wells Hawkenbury July 1983
SOUTH WEST THAMES
Croydon Waddon Hospital October 1983
WESSEX
Portsmouth and South East
Portsmouth and South East
Hampshire Sandy Point November 1983
Salisbury Fordingbridge Cottage September 1983
OXFORD
East Berkshire Farnham Park Rehabilitation Centre November 1983
Oxfordshire Neithrop and Pines December 1983
West Berkshire Henley War Memorial December 1983
SOUTH WESTERN
Frenchay Leigh Court June 1983
Plymouth Alexander Maternity Home March 1983
Plymouth Greenbank March 1983
WEST MIDLANDS
Dudley The Limes December 1983
Dudley Prestwood December 1983
NORTH WESTERN
North Manchester Memorial Jewish December 1983
Board of Governors (Queen Charlotte's) St. Leonard-on-Sea Convalescent Home November 1983
(vi) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure January 1984—December 1984
NORTHERN
Northumberland Stannington Children's Hospital February 1984
South Tees Belmont November 1984
YORKSHIRE
Grimsby Springfield Hospital March 1984
Wakefield Snapethorpe Hospital March 1984
Harrogate Thistle Hill Hospital October 1984
TRENT
Central Nottinghamshire Debdale Hall Recovery Home February 1984
North Lincolnshire Lawn Hospital February 1984
Doncaster Swallownest July 1984
North Derbyshire Darley Hall Maternity September 1984
Corbor Hall Maternity Home October 1984
Nottingham Coppice Hospital December 1984
Rotherham Aughton Court Hospital September 1984
Sheffield Scott Road and Commonside Hostels October 1984
Southern Derbyshire Derwent Hospital October 1984
EAST ANGLIAN
Norwich The Vale May 1984
Blofield Hall September 1984
NORTH WEST THAMES
Paddington and North Kensington Hereford Lodge July 1984

Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved
Hillingdon St. John's Hospital October 1984
Lugano Nursing Home May 1984
SOUTH WEST THAMES
Merton and Sutton Cheam Hospital April 1984
North West Surrey Murray House, Ottershaw April 1984
East Surrey Bletchingley Hospital July 1984
Mid-Downs Raffey Park October 1984
Wandsworth Royal Dental Hospital September 1984
WESSEX
Winchester Tichbourne Down House Hospital April 1984
Bath Winsley Centre November 1984
OXFORD
Oxfordshire Longworth March 1984
Northampton Upton Lawn Day Hospital October 1984
East Berkshire Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital November 1984
SOUTH WESTERN
Somerset Wellington Maternity Home March 1984
Gloucester Cotswold Hospital November 1984
WEST MIDLANDS
Bromsgrove and Redditch Blackwell Recovery Hospital March 1984
Herefordshire Tupsley Hospital February 1984
Mid-Staffordshire Yarnfield Hospital April 1984
North-Staffordshire Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital February 1984
Leek Memorial Hospital February 1984
Lymewood Hospital February 1984
Westcliff Hospital February 1984
South Birmingham Birmingham Accident Hospital May 1984
Worcester and District St. Wulstan's Hospital June 1984
Wolverhampton Parkfields Hospital November 1984
MERSEY
Liverpool Newsham General Hospital March 1984
Heswall Hospital November 1984
Wirral Priory Day Hospital October 1984
NORTH WESTERN
South Manchester Duchess of York Hospital March 1984
(vii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure January 1985-March 1985
TRENT
South Lincolnshire Carey House January 1985
NORTH EAST THAMES
Bloomsbury Royal Throat, Nose and Ear January 1985
(viii) Hospitals approved locally for complete closure April 1985-June 1985
YORKSHIRE
York Naburn
NORTH WEST THAMES
South Bedfordshire Priory
SOUTH WEST THAMES
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Westmoor House
WESSEX
Isle of Wight Longford
SOUTH WESTERN
Gloucester Horton Road June 1985
MERSEY
Southport and Formby Sunnyside April 1985
NORTHERN
Northumberland Castle Hills Maternity Unit November 1985
SOUTH WEST THAMES
North West Surrey Rowley Bristow October 1985

Region and Area—District Hospital Date approved
SOUTH WESTERN
Southmead Elizabeth Blackwell House December 1985
WEST MIDLANDS
Kidderminster and District Lea November 1985
Hospitals approved locally for complete closure 1986
YORKSHIRE
East Yorkshire Northfield, Duffield July 1986
Scunthorpe Westfield July 1986
Scarborough St. Thomas January 1986
Bradford Children's July 1986
Wakefield County June 1986
EAST ANGLIAN
West Norfolk and Wisbech St. James Closed September 1986
NORTH WEST THAMES
Barnet Hendon District April 1986
Riverside Banstead September 1986
NORTH EAST THAMES
Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green May 1986
SOUTH EAST THAMES
Bromley Lennard May 1986
Beckenham June 1986
SOUTH WEST THAMES
Croydon Queens Hospital March 1986
St. Marys March 1986
WESSEX
Winchester Victoria October 1986
Bath Claverton Down January 1986
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire King George's January 1986
NORTH WESTERN
Chorley and South Ribble Heath Charnock February 1986

Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1979–86 (August)
Region/District Hospital Date approved
Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1980
TRENT
Sheffield Middlewood June 1980
Nottinghamshire Newstead March 1980
EAST ANGLIAN
Suffolk Newmarket General November 1980
NORTH WEST THAMES
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Athlone House November 1980
MERSEY
Cheshire Cranford Lodge August 1980
Liverpool Radiotherapy Clinic January 1980
Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1981
TRENT
Nottinghamshire Highbury May 1981
OXFORD
Berkshire Canadian Red Cross February 1981
Oxfordshire Longworth January 1981
WESSEX
Hampshire King George's January 1981
Wiltshire Royal United April and September 1981
St. Martin's April 1981

Region/District Hospital Date approved
MERSEY
Wirral Highfield Maternity July 1981
St. Catherine's July 1981
Clatterbridge July 1981
Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1982
EAST ANGLIAN
West Norfolk and Wisbech Bowthorpe May 1982
West Suffolk St. Leonard's, Sudbury November 1982
NORTH WEST THAMES
Brent and Harrow Shenley February 1982
North West Herts Harpenden Memorial October 1982
NORTH EAST THAMES
Enfield Highlands October 1982
Camden and Islington Hornsey Central February 1982
Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green September 1982
SOUTH EAST THAMES
West Lambeth South Western December 1982
MERSEY
Liverpool Royal Liverpool Children's November 1982
Macclesfield Collar House December 1982
Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1983
YORKSHIRE
Leeds Western Leeds General Infirmary February 1983
TRENT
Leicestershire Ellen Towle June 1983
Leicestershire Royal Infirmary June 1983
Groby Road June 1983
North Derbyshire Walton April 1983
NORTH WEST THAMES
North Bedfordshire Park December 1983
Victoria Banstead December 1983
NORTH EAST THAMES
Waltham Forest Whipps Cross August 1983
WEST MIDLANDS
Dudley The Guest December 1983
Burton Road December 1983
Wordsley December 1983
The Corbett December 1983
East Birmingham Yardley Green Unit October 1983
Mid-Staffordshire Chase, Cannock November 1983
Walsall St. Margaret's February 1983
MERSEY
Macclesfield Congleton War Memorial February 1983
Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1984
NORTHERN
South Tees Middlesbrough General September 1984
Poole March 1984
YORKSHIRE
Harrowgate Scotton Banks October 1984
TRENT
Central Nottinghamshire Forest February 1984
Victoria February 1984
NORTH WEST THAMES
Hounslow and Spelthorne West Middlesex September 1984
Ashford September 1984
North Bedfordshire Clapham January 1984
Victoria St. Stephen's September 1984
Westminster September 1984
Banstead March 1984

Region/District Hospital Date approved
NORTH EAST THAMES
Enfield Highlands July 1984
Highlands July 1984
SOUTH WESTERN
Gloucester Lydney and District February 1984
WEST MIDLANDS
North Birmingham Highcroft May 1984
South Warwickshire Warenford General August 1984
Stratford General August 1984
MERSEY
Liverpool Newsham July 1984
St. Paul's (Eye) July 1984
Alderney Children's July 1984
Hospitals approved locally for partial closure 1985
YORKSHIRE
Scunthorpe Brumby March 1985
EAST ANGLIAN
Norwich St. Andrew's November 1985
Kelling Early 1985
NORTH WEST THAMES
Ealing Ealing February 1985
North West Herts Harpenden March 1985
Paddington and North Kensington St Charles February 1985
SOUTH WEST THAMES
West Surrey-NE Hampshire Farnham January 1985
OXFORD
Aylesbury Vale Tindal March 1985
WEST MIDLANDS
Walsall St. Margaret's December 1985
Hospital approved locally for partial closure 1986—to August
NORTHERN
North Tees North Tees General March 1986
TRENT
Southern Derbyshire Pastures Grange Children's Unit April 1986
Leicestershire Market Harborough and District June 1986
Rutland Memorial June 1986
St Mary's, Melton Mowbray June 1986
Ashby de la Zouch and District June 1986
EAST ANGLIAN
Norwich Hales March 1986
NORTH WEST THAMES
Riverside St. Stephen's May 1986
NORTH EAST THAMES
Basildon and Thurrock Orsett N/A
City and Hackney St. Bartholomew's August 1986
SOUTH EAST THAMES
Bromley Beckenham May 1986