asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement on the progress of the programme of hospital building in Scotland up to the most recent convenient date.
During the year from 1st April, 1967, to 31st March, 1968, it is
| (a) SCHEMES COSTING OVER £50,000 COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1968 | ||
| Estimated Cost | ||
| North-Eastern Region | ||
| £ | ||
| Ladysbridge Hospital, Banff | Development—30 bed villa | 91,000 |
| Eastern Region | ||
| Royal Dundee Liff Hospital | New occupational therapy department | 99,000 |
| King's Cross Hospital, Dundee | New cubicle block, Phase II | 91,000 |
| Dundee Royal Infirmary and Maryfield Hospital, Dundee. | Upgrading—interim works | 138,000 (1) |
| Bridge of Earn Hospital | New X-ray department | 101,000 |
| South-Eastern Region | ||
| Western General Hospital, Edin burgh. | Scheme for maintenance of services during reconstruction (including temporary dining room). | 135,000 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. | New out-patient department, child psychiatric Unit. | 151,000 |
| Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh | Extension—184 beds and supporting facilities | 881,000 (2) |
| Scottish Hospital Catering School, Edinburgh. | — | 66,000 |
| Milesmark Hospital, Dunfermline. | Developments—60 bed ward block, out-patient department, boilerhouse, administrative block, etc. | 452,000 |
| Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy | Second extension containing 240 beds, out-patient department and other facilities. | 2,336,000 |
| Cameron Hospital, Windygates | 60-bed geriatric unit and supporting facilities | 208,000 |
| Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, Fife | Adolescent unit—18 beds | 99,000 |
estimated that work to the value of £13·6 million was carried out on hospital building in Scotland at the expense of the National Health Service (Scotland) Vote: this figure compares with £9·9 million in 1965–66 and £12 million in 1966–67.
The units provided during the year in new or converted buildings include 1,225 beds, seven operating theatres and a variety of other hospital facilities. The value of these completed schemes was £10,452,000.
The total cost of all schemes in progress on 31st March, 1968, by type of development, is made up as follows:
Estimated Cost
| |
| £ | |
| New hospitals | 24,868,000 |
| Additional beds in existing hospitals | 7,005,000 |
| Other ward improvements | 1,280,000 |
| Operating theatres | 899,000 |
| X-ray and radiotherapy departments | 536,000 |
| Out-patient and casualty departments | 776,000 |
| Other medical departments | 3,618,000 |
| Laundries, kitchen and engineering works | 5,739,000 |
| Other departments | 2,159,000 |
| £46,880,000 |
Further particulars of schemes costing over £50,000 ( a) completed during the year and ( b) in progress at 31st March, 1968, are as follows:
Estimated Cost
| ||
| £ | ||
Western Region
| ||
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children Glasgow. | Alterations to bio-chemistry laboratory | 52,000(3) |
| Royal Infirmary, Glasgow | Conversion of accommodation for pulmonary function unit. | 112,000 |
| Renal dialysis unit—10 beds | 56,000 | |
| Upgrading of heating | 54,000 | |
| Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow | New plastic surgery unit—138 beds, theatre suite, etc. | 1,010,000 (4) |
| Geriatric unit—120 beds | 427,000 | |
| Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow | Phase II of upgrading | 206,000 |
| Geriatric unit—120 beds | 337,000 | |
| Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow | Nurse training school | 82,000 |
| Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow | New laundry | 291,000 |
| Foresthall Hospital, Glasgow | Upgrading two geriatric blocks | 150,000 |
| Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. | New pharmacy | 106,000 |
| Shieldhall Hospital, Glasgow | Geriatric unit—60-beds | 150,000 |
| Gartloch Hospital, Glasgow | Phase II of upgrading hospital block | 61,000 |
| Blawarthill Hospital, Glasgow | Upgrading geriatric wards | 54,000 |
| Cleland Hospital, Lanarkshire | Upgrading 56-bed ward unit | 55,000 |
| Law Hospital, Carluke | Casualty department | 137,000 |
| Birkwood Hospital, Lesmahagow. | New kitchen premises | 76,000 |
| Rankin Memorial Hospital, Greenock. | General practitioner maternity unit—12 beds | 84,000 |
| Royal Scottish National Hospital Larbert. | Phase III of extension—152 beds | 271,000 |
| (1) Includes £12,000 from University Grants Committee. | ||
| (2) Includes £137,400 from Endowment Funds. | ||
| (3) Includes £26,000 from University Grants Committee. | ||
| (4) Includes £6.000 from University Giants Committee. | ||
| (b) SCHEMES COSTING OVER £50,000 IN PROGRESS AT 31ST MARCH, 1968 | ||
* Indicates scheme started in 1967–68 | ||
Estimated Cost
| ||
| £ | ||
Northern Region
| ||
| Central Hospital, Inverness | Phase I of new hospital comprising out-patient, accident, and diagnostic departments, central laboratory, boilerhouse and engineering services. | 1,730,000 |
| Craig Phadrig Hospital, Inverness. | New mental deficiency hospital, Phase I—229 beds and supporting facilities. | 1,533,009 |
*Lawson Memorial Hospital, Golspie. | New out-patient and physiotherapy department | 73,000 |
North-Eastern Region
| ||
| Foresterhill, Aberdeen | Medical school extension and refectory | 336,000(1) |
*Kingseat Hospital, Newmachar | Geriatric assessment unit | 100,000 |
| Fraserburgh Hospital | General hospital—72 beds and supporting facilities. | 504,000(2) |
*Ladysbridge Hospital, Banff | Alterations to main block—47 beds | 216,000 |
| Dr. Gray's and Bilbohall Hospitals, Elgin. | Modernisation | 374,000(3) |
Eastern Region
| ||
| Minewells Hospital | New teaching hospital and medical school— 760 beds and supporting facilities | 15,367,000(4) |
*King's Cross Hospital, Dundee | General developments | 350,000 (5) |
| Ashludie Hospital, Monifieth | Geriatric pavilion—70 beds | 160,000 (6) |
| Dundee Dental Hospital and School. | Extension | 946,000(7) |
*Murray Royal Hospital, Perth | Central services—Phase I | 108,000 |
| Sunnyside Royal Hospital Montrose | Electrical rewiring | 65,000 |
| Stracathro Hospital | General developments and improvements | 478,000 |
Estimated Cost
| ||
£
| ||
South-Eastern Region
| ||
| Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh | Eye department—72 beds, etc | 704,000(8) |
*Intermittent renal dialysis unit | 194,000 (9) | |
| Western General Hospital Edinburgh | New out-patient department | 1,755,000(10) |
*Central laundry and boilerhouse | 1,390,000 | |
*Temporary laboratory | 177,000(11) | |
*Additional linear accelerator | 82,000 | |
*Inter-project services and related development | 280,000 | |
| Nuffield transplantation surgery unit | 244,000(12) | |
| Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh | Replacement of boiler | 74,000 |
| City Hospital, Edinburgh | Nurses' home development | 59,000 |
*New kitchen and dining room | 183,000 | |
*Engineering services: boilerhouse | 194,000 | |
| Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh | Geriatric unit, Phase I—60 beds | 492,000 |
| Central Laundry, Kirkcaldy | 306,000 | |
*Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy | Residential accommodation for married medical staff | 65,000 |
| Lynebank Hospital. Dunfermline | New mental deficiency hospital—420 beds and supporting facilities | 2,182,000 |
*Stratheden Hospital, Cupar | Upgrading of ward accommodation | 50,000 |
| Glenlomond Hospital, Kinross | Renewal of boiler plant | 69,000 |
| Bangour Hospital. West Lothian | Upgrading ward and other accommodation | 189,000 |
| Burns unit—12 beds | 66,000 | |
*Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh | Alterations to kitchen block | 63,000 |
*RoodlandsHospital, Haddington | Replacement of boiler and ancillary plant | 53,000 |
Western Region
| ||
| Regional Physics Department Glasgow. | Extension | 286,000 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow. | Reconstruction of hospital, Stage I—residentialaccommodation and preliminary works. | 550,000 (13) |
| Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow | Geriatric unit—120 beds etc. | 406,000 |
| Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow. | Replacement of lifts | 55,000 |
| Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow | Alterations for linear accelerator | 84,000 |
| Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow | Pathology laboratories | 71,000 |
*Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow | New operating theatre suite | 578,000(14) |
| Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow | Renewal of distribution mains | 163,000 |
| Boiler plant | 103,000 | |
| Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. | Extension | 2,062,000(15) |
*Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow | Replacement of lifts | 88,000 |
*Conversion of Wards D and E | 60,000 | |
| Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. | New kitchen and dining rooms | 380,000 |
| Maternity unit—139 beds | 1,460,000 | |
*Neurosurgical unit—114 beds | 1,801,000(16) | |
| Cresswell Maternity Hospital, Dumfries. | Phase III extension (residential accommodation, kitchen and dining room). | 114,000 |
| Garrick Hospital, Stranraer | Ward unit | 81,000 |
| Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria | New maternity unit and extensions to the existing hospital—81 beds | 1,209,000 |
| Hartwood Hospital, Shotts. | Upgrading of heating system | 77,000 |
*Paisley | New maternity unit—100 beds | 1,153,000 |
*Stirling Royal Infirmary | Residential accommodation | 256,000 |
*Maternity unit—81 beds | 844,000 | |
*Kitchen and dining room | 219,000 | |
| Bellsdyke Hospital, Larbert | Six ward blocks—360 replacement beds | 814,000(17) |
| (1) Hospital Board share of University scheme. | ||
| (2) Includes £2,000 from Endowment Funds. | ||
| (3) Includes £5,000 from Endowment Funds. | ||
| (4) Includes £3,235,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (5) Includes £30,000 from Endowment Funds. | ||
| (6) Financed wholly from Endowment Funds. | ||
| (7) Includes £342,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (8) Includes £68,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (9) Includes £57 000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (10) Includes £203,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (11) Includes £44,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (12) Includes £190,000 from the Nuffield Foundation. | ||
| (13) Includes £34,100 from the University Grants Committee | ||
| (14) Includes £7,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (15) Includes £687,000 from the University Grants Committee. | ||
| (16) Includes £180,000 from the University Grants Committee | ||
| (17) Five of the ward blocks have been opened |