§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give by region the number of hospitals closed(a) wholly and (b) partly during 1989.
§ Mr. DorrellThe table gives the numbers of hospitals or facilities which we are aware were approved for closure in total or in part in 1989. It is important to bear in mind that closures are often balanced by openings or other reprovision.
Region (a) Whole (b) Part Northern 2 5 Yorkshire 4 2 Trent 13 7 East Anglia 1 — North West Thames 1 1 North East Thames 2 — South East Thames 4 5 South West Thames 2 3 Wessex 4 — Oxford 2 11 South Western 4 2 West Midlands 6 5 Mersey 5 3 North Western 5 2