Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Hospitals – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 May 1964.
Mr Donald Wade
, Huddersfield West
12:00,
4 May 1964
asked the Minister of Health whether the promised review of the possibility of using parts of the new hospital at Lindley, Huddersfield, before the whole building has been completed, has now been carried out; whether this review has included consideration of the use of the hospital for the treatment of patients and not only for ancillary purposes such as a laundry; and whether, in making this review, account has been taken of the urgency due to overcrowding at the Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield.
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