Military Hospitals

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many (a) service personnel and (b) civilians were treated at (i) Royal Navy hospital Stonehouse, (ii) RAF hospital Ely and (iii) RAF hospital Halton in each of the last three years for which figures are available;(2) how many beds were provided at

(a) Royal Navy hospital Stonehouse, (b) RAF hospital Ely and (c) RAF hospital Halton in each of the last three years for which figures are available;

(3) what discussions his Department has had with local health authorities regarding the closure of military hospitals.

The information requested in respect of patients treated and bed numbers is as follows:

	1990	1991	1992
Royal Navy hospital Plymouth (Stonehouse)
Service patients	14,861	13,418	11,224
Civilian patients	38,025	38,135	31,453
Available beds	89	86	100
The Princess of Wales' Royal Air Force hospital Ely¹
Service patients	13,175	10,899	7,278
Civilian patients	37,121	12,599	5,578
Available beds	137	82	81
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force hospital Halton
Service patients	12,378	11,231	15,455
Civilian patients	25,875	21,404	23,835
Available beds	141	127	158
¹ The Princess of Wales' Royal Air Force hospital Ely ceased patient care on 31 July 1992.

My Department has sought the views of all local health bodies affected by our proposals for the reorganisation of the armed forces' secondary medical care in the United Kingdom under which a number of military hospitals have been proposed for closure. Our discussions with the NHS continue.

Volume 229: debated on Monday 26 July 1993