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Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 6 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many National Health Service patients have been treated at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich since it opened under each of the main specialties.

Since opening in April 1977 the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich has admitted 1,744 National Health Service patients. It is not possible in the time, and with the staff available, to subdivide this total by medical disciplines.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many beds are currently in use at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich for each of the main specialties.

At present 356 of the 371 authorised beds at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich are equipped in the following disciplines:

Surgery and allied disciplines211
Medical and allied disciplines72
Paediatric16
Gynaecology18
Burns/plastic surgery23
Intensive care/high nursing care16