HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 c712W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospitals have been closed since 1979. [11674]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Fifty-eight national health service hospitals in Wales have closed for the use of in-patients, and remained closed, since 1 January 1979. During the same period, 16 NHS hospitals have opened. In 1995–96 the NHS in Wales treated 166,000—48 per cent.—more in-patient cases than in 1979.

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