§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those NHS acute services trusts which operate hospitals more than 50 miles apart, listing the number of beds in service at each such hospital. [76111]
§ Mr. HuttonThe only National Health Service trust that falls into the over 50-mile category is United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Information on the number of beds in service at each of the relevant hospitals is shown below:
Hospital Bed numbers and type Gainsborough Nil Spalding 28 healthcare and elderly Skegness (in A&E Minor) 3 acute recovery Grantham 190 acute Lincoln 700 acute Louth County 140 acute