HC Deb 15 July 1998 vol 316 cc216-7W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community hospitals have closed in each of the last five years. [32543]

Mr. Milburn

The information requested is not collected centrally. However, the Community Hospitals Association estimates that 35 community hospitals in England were closed between 1985 and 1997.

Community hospitals in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.

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