§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by region and name each proposed hospital closure notified to her Department for each year since 1988; whether the hospital closed, merged, changed its function or was downsized; and what was the number of beds each hospital had at its closure date.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department requires formal notification only where proposed closures are contested by the community health councils. The detailed information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.