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Hospital Closures

Volume 170: debated on Friday 30 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each year from 1979 to 1989 the number of hospitals (a) totally closed and (b) partially closed.

The number of hospitals which were approved for permanent total or partial closure from 1979 to 1989 are shown in the table:

Year of approvalTotal closurePartial closure
1979296
1980384
19813717
19821810
19835818
19845927
19852419
19864829
19873334
198864181
198922160
1Provisional figures.

Source: health authority returns.

Hospital closures are an integral part of local health authorities' planning and management. They are made for many reasons and are often balanced by new openings or other reprovision.