§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the hospitals approved for complete closure since 1 January 1985 giving for each the health district, health region, number of beds and date approved.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer the hon. Member to the information provided by my predecessors in replies given to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 20 May 1985 at columns317–329 and on 3 March 1986 at column 62; and also to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) on 20 February 1986 at columns 309–10.
Details of the hospitals approved for complete closure from January 1985 to August 1986 not shown in the replies referred to are as follows:
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Region/district Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northumberland Castle Hills, Maternity Unit 12 November 1985 North Tyneside Moor Park 60 May 1986 Yorkshire Airedale Wharfedale Childrens 65 September 1985 East Yorkshire Northfield, Driffield 38 July 1986 Scunthorpe Westfield 86 July 1986 Scarborough St. Thomas' 66 January 1986 Bradford Childrens 60 July 1986 Wakefield County 119 June 1986 Trent South Lincolnshire Carey House 39 January 1985 East Anglian West Norfolk & Wisbech St. James 100 Closed September 1986 North West Thames Barnet Hendon District 51 April 1986 Paddington & North Kensington St. Mary's, Harrow Road 550 August 1986 Riverside Banstead 671 September 1986 North East Thames City and Hackney German 109 Closed by July 1986 St. Matthews 185 Closed by July 1986 Mothers 81 Closed by July 1986 Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green 199 May 1986 South East Thames Bromley Lennard 83 May 1986 Beckenham 39 June 1986 Greenwich St. Nicholas 74 January 1986 Dreadnought Seamans 128 November 1985 South West Thames North West Surrey Rowley Bristow 87 October 1985 Croydon Queens Hospital 219 March 1986 St. Marys 18 March 1986 Wessex Winchester Victoria 34 October 1986 Bath Claverton Down 61 January 1986 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire King Georges 72 January 1986 South Western Gloucester Horton Road 259 June 1985 Southmead Elizabeth Blackwell House 47 December 1985 West Midlands Kidderminster and District Lea 243 November 1985 North Warwick Colchester Holiday Home 25 September 1985 Sandwell Smethwick Orthopaedic Clinic — February 1986 Mersey Southport and Formby Sunnyside 34 April 1985 North Western Chorley and South Ribble Heath Charnock 70 February 1986 Special Health Authorities National Brompton 110 July 1985
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the partial hospital permanent 110W closures approved since 1 January 1985 giving for each hospital the health district, health region, number of beds and date approved.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is as follows:
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Partial hospital closures approved January 1985 to August 1986 Region/District Hospital Number of beds Date approved Northern North Tees North Tees General 3 March 1986 Miners Rehabilitation Centre 60 April 1986 Yorkshire Scunthorpe Brumby 7 March 1985 Trent Southern Derbyshire Pastures-Grange Childrens Unit 10 April 1986 Market Harborough and District 3 June 1986 Rutland Memorial 5 June 1986 St. Marys, Melton Mowbray 1 June 1986 Ashby de la Zouche and District 6 June 1986 East Anglian Norwich Hales 2 wards Closed March 1986 St. Andrews 2 wards November 1985 Kelling 14 Early 1985 North West Thames Ealing Ealing 134 February 1985 North West Hertfordshire Harpenden Memorial 8 March 1985 Paddington and North Kensington St. Charles 12 February 1985 Riverside St. Stephens 17 May 1986 North East Thames Basildon and Thurrock Orsett 20 Not available St. Bartholomews 47 Closed August 1986 South East Thames Bromley Beckenham 22 May 1986 South West Thames Mid-Downs Horsham 11 February 1985 Wandsworth St. James 54 September 1986 West Surrey and North East Hampshire Farnham 28 January 1985 Oxford Aylesbury Vale Tindal 24 March 1985 South Western Frenchay Cossham Memorial 21 July 1985 West Midlands Walsall St. Margarets 33 December 1985 Mersey Liverpool Sir Alfred Jones Memorial 6 January 1985 Newsham 16 January 1985 North Western Salford Salford Royal A and E September 1985
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether all proposed closures of hospitals and all proposed significant partial permanent closures require his approval.
§ Mr. NewtonNot all proposed closures of hospitals or proposed significant partial permanent closures require the approval of my right hon. Friend. Most proposed closures are agreed locally, without reference to Ministers.
Number of National Health Service hospitals † in England 1979–85 Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 North Tees 2 2 2 2 2 2 2