Health written question – answered at on 7 June 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those sites in England and Wales, within her responsibility, which have been identified as surplus to requirements; what plans have been identified as theirpossible future use; what consultative process will be followed in each case; and if she will make a statement.
The list shows the larger sites that are surplus to the requirements of the national health service in England and in the ownership of Secretary of State for Health.
The list includes 22 sites that are due to transfer to English Partnerships (EP) as part of a wider agreement with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and in support of the Government's sustainable communities plan. 67 surplus NHS sites have already been transferred to EP this year, as part of the same programme. It will be for EP to decide how to take forward all these sites subject to the normal planning process.
The list also includes other larger sites which are surplus to the requirements of the NHS but which are not being transferred to EP. Arrangements for the disposal of these sites are at various stages and it is not clear in every case exactly what the future use will be. It is likely that most will be redeveloped for residential purposes; the manner of development will be the subject of local consultation and the planning process.
Turner Village, Colchester 1
St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping 1
Runwell Hospital, Wickford 1
Part Harperbury Hospital, Radlett, Herts
Part Little Plumpstead Hospital, Nr Norwich
Part Cane Hill, Coulsdon 1
Part Napsbury Hospital, Herts
St. Leonard's, Ringwood 1
Standish Hospital, Stroud
Okehampton Castle Hospital, Okehampton
Part Countess of Chester, Chester 1
Northern View, Bradford
Sedgefield Hospital, Sedgefield
St. Mary's, Stannington
Homelands Hospital, Crook 1
Part Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool 1
Part St. George's Hospital, Morpeth 1
Part Prudhoe Hospital, Prudhoe 1
Part Cherry Knowle, Sunderland 1
Part Wharfedale Hospital, Otley 1
Part Grimsby District General Hospital, Grimsby 1
Middleton Hospital, Ilkley
Graylingwell, Chichester 1
Stone House, Dartford 1
Part St. Ebbas, Epsom 1
Part West Park Hospital, Epsom 1
Part Southlands Hospital, Shoreham 1
Land at Gordon Barracks, Gillingham
Land at Forest Lodge, St. James Hospital, Portsmouth
Eastry Hospital, Kent
Hollywood Lodge, Epsom
Part Manor/Kingsway Hospital, Derby 1
Part Towers Hospital, Leicester 1
Land at Towers Hospital, Leicester
Royal Shrewsbury, South 1
The Beeches Hospital, Telford 1
Lake View Close, St. Margaret's Hospital site, Great Barr, Birmingham
Land at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
1 Denotes sites that will transfer to English Partnerships
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.