§ Dr. Richard TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the adequacy of the proposed arrangements for car parking at the new Worcestershire hospital; and if he will make a statement. [26221]
§ Yvette CooperThe car park requirements for the new Worcestershire hospital have been prepared by traffic consultants for the trust, using planning standards. Both Worcester city and Worcestershire county planning and highways officers have agreed the car park calculations for the site.
At a meeting on 10 January 2002 the Worcester city council planning sub-committee approved the provision of 337 additional car parking spaces, bringing the total of available spaces on site to 1,322.
§ Dr. Richard TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has made for the storage of patients' clinical records in the new hospital in Worcestershire. [26220]
§ Yvette CooperArrangements have been made for storage of patients' clinical records at the new Worcestershire hospital as follows
402WNotes for current patients to be stored in a small library in the new hospital;Non-current notes to be stored in an off-site health records library, based in Droitwich. and operated by trust staff. Clear arrangements will be in place to facilitate the quick recovery of notes from the off-site library should they be needed.
§ Yvette CooperThe information requested is shown in the table.