§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans there are for the future use of the Royal Northern hospital and the Highgate wing of the Whittington hospital of Islington and Bloomsbury health authority.
§ Mr. DorrellI understand that all in-patient services have been transferred from the Royal Northern hospital to the Whittington hospital. Over the next two to three years, following further development at the Whittington hospital, day surgery, out-patient and diagnostic services will also be relocated to the Whittington. Community based services such as genito-urinary medicine and alcohol abuse clinics are intended to remain on the Royal Northern site. The district and regional health authority intend to dispose of surplus land at the Royal Northern as it is vacated.
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Ambulance service—Survey 1988–89 Table 1—Ambulance service vehicles Ambulances Two-trolley emergency A Two-trolley dual purpose B Sitting case seats only (under 14) Sitting case seals stretcher capacity Sitting case seats plus lift mechanism Car (with or without stretcher capacity) Bus—14 or more seats with or without stretcher or wheelchair capacity Total ambulance service vehicles used to transport patients Avon 36 24 34 — 21 — 1 116 Bedfordshire 36 — 20 1 8 1 — 66 Berkshire 32 — 10 — 27 — — 69 Buckinghamshire 43 — 18 — 13 — — 74 Cambridgeshire 40 — 6 — 14 — — 60 Cheshire 52 — 8 39 13 — — 112 Cleveland 52 — 29 — 4 — — 85 Cornwall and Isles of Stilly 66 2 — — 2 — — 70 Cumbria 54 — 19 2 12 2 — 89 Derbyshire 22 76 9 18 7 — — 132 Devon 101 — 5 — 1 — — 107 Dorset 40 — 2 10 10 — — 62 Durham 31 — 11 52 8 5 1 108 Essex — 116 6 — 8 — — 130 Gloucestershire 27 — 5 2 40 — — 74 Hampshire 100 — 10 — 9 — — 119 Hereford and Worcester 59 6 — — 19 3 4 91 Hertfordshire 53 — 43 9 23 2 — 130 Humberside — 107 24 — 22 11 — 164 I understand that the Highgate wing of the Whittington hospital is currently occupied by administrative staff who will be relocated as soon as alternative accommodation has been found. The site will then be sold.