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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what hospital facilities are to be combined on the Paddington Health Campus site; and what the change is in the number of beds to be available at the site in comparison to the number offered at the locations which the new hospital is to replace. [221715] Dr. Ladyman: The outline business case for the Paddington Health Campus, submitted in December 2004, provides full details about the combined facilities to be provided for the Royal Brompton, Harefield and St Mary's national health service trusts, which include laboratory medicine, therapies, pharmacy, education and training, facilities management and corporate support services. The key facilities to be provided within the campus are shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Operating theatres 22 Delivery suites 8 Scoping rooms 6 Cardiac catheter laboratories 7 Angiography 2 Computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of in-patient beds proposed for the Paddington Health Campus is 923, compared to the total of 1,017 beds currently provided at the St. Mary's, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals. The reduction in bed numbers reflects a transfer of local cardiology services to local hospitals and a redistribution of clinical care into community settings, following a major review involving local primary care trusts.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c248-9W;432 c246-7W; 221715

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Hospitals Health services Hospital beds Paddington

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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