“…But Wales has only 23,000 hospital beds, while Liverpool has 30,000 and will of course continue to serve North Wales. …”

“…In the regional centres of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield, the existing teaching hospitals, each with its group of associated hospitals (for diseases of women and children, for dentistry, maternity, and so forth), have been designated as the medical teaching centres of their regions. …”