HC Deb 19 June 1997 vol 296 c300W
Mr. Charles Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations his Department and the NHS Executive have had about future possible uses of the west Norwich and Stephens sites of the Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust after the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital has been opened. [4521]

Mr. Milburn

The Department and the Anglia and Oxford Regional Office of the NHS Executive have not had any consultations about future use of the sites of the present Norfolk and Norwich and West Norwich Hospitals and no decisions have yet been taken.

Mr. Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates his Department has made of the number of car journeys per day by(a) staff, (b) patients and (c) visitors that the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is likely to generate. [4522]

Mr. Milburn

A traffic impact assessment (TIA) commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust has identified likely daily flows of traffic to the new hospital as follows:

  • Staff: 2,666
  • Patients: 1,486
  • Service vehicles: 180
  • Visitors: 1,212.

The TIA made proposals to provide public transport, cycleways and footpaths to the new site which were accepted by the Planning Authorities.