A TOTAL of nine beds are set to be cut at Bordon's Chase Hospital should proposals by the North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority be accepted.

Beds that are designated for elderly mentally iinfirm patients could be relocated to the Parklands Hospital in Basingstoke after a survey found patients who were using them did not come from the town.

A full version of this story will be found in the Bordon Herald of June 9, 2000.