§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what dates the military hospitals at(a) Aldershot, (b) 326W Woolwich, (c) Wroughton and (d) Halton close; and on what date the (i) Royal Naval hospital Stonehouse and (ii) RAF Hospital, Ely will close. [40759]
§ Mr. SoamesThe service hospitals at Aldershot, Halton and Wroughton will close by April 1996. The sale of the Queen Elizabeth military hospital, Woolwich to the NHS took place on 30 August this year. The hospitals at Stonehouse, Plymouth, and Ely closed in March this year and in 1992 respectively.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many national health service patients have been treated as in-patients at(a) the Cambridge military hospital, Aldershot, and (b) the RAF Wroughton hospital, near Swindon, in each year since 1991–92 and in 1995–96 to date; and how much was paid by NHS purchasing authorities to each of these military hospitals in each of those years. [40758]
§ Mr. SoamesThe figures are as follows:
CMH Aldershot PARAFH Wroughton 1991–92 5,980 2,218 1992–93 6,248 2,293 1993–94 8,345 2,486 1994–95 5,744 2,366 1995–961 1,386 544 1 As at 1 October 1995. These patient numbers were contained within the required training margin for military medical personnel and therefore were treated at no cost to health care purchasers.