New Hospital, Lindley

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Hospitals – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 May 1964.

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Photo of Bernard Braine Bernard Braine , Essex South East 12:00, 4 May 1964

I cannot put a date to this. I think that I have told the hon. Member before that the board is considering the possibility of using parts of the new hospital before the whole hospital is completed. The hospital management committee is in agreement with this. I am aware of the difficulties in Huddersfield, but to do what the hon. Member has been asking us to do for some time would mean that the Royal Infirmary would still have to be used, resulting in a fragmented service to the public, a divided staff, and two lots of overheads. It is not an easy matter. By 1966, Huddersfield will have one of the earliest and finest new district general hospitals in the country.