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Mr. Wingfield Digby
asked the Minister of Health, when the new hospital at Dorchester will be started.
Mr. Loughlin
Until the current review of the hospital building programme is completed, I cannot make a forecast.
| Speciality | 30th September, 1965 | 31st December, 1960 | 31st December, 1955 | ||||
| General Medicine | … | … | … | … | 25 (under 1) | 19 (under 1) | 44 (1) |
| General Surgery | … | … | … | … | 1,312 (5) | 825 (4–5) | 661 (3) |
| Ear, Nose and Throat | … | … | … | … | 585 (4) | 214 (2) | 319 (3) |
| Gynaecology | … | … | … | … | 423 (3) | 160 (2) | 192 (2) |
| Ophthalmology | … | … | … | … | 111 (4) | 66 (3) | 36 (2) |
| Orthopaedic | … | … | … | … | 491 (8) | 159 (2–3) | 83 (3) |
| Chronic Sick/Geriatric | … | … | … | … | 68‡ (2) | 90 (2) | 60 (1) |
| Plastic Surgery | … | … | … | … | 249 (12) | 104* | 7* |
| Dental | … | … | … | … | 81 (1–2) | 86* | — |
| Rehabilitation | … | … | … | … | 22 (under 1) | 12* | — |
| Total | … | … | … | … | 3,367 | 1,735 | 1,404† |
| * Waiting time not known. | |||||||
| † Includes one dermatology and one paediatric. | |||||||
| ‡ There are also 41 patients already occupying hospital beds but awaiting admission to another department. | |||||||