§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the total number of psychogeriatric beds available in hospitals or units in Scotland at the present time and in each of the five previous years.
§ Mr. John MacKayAlthough some beds for the care of elderly patients with mental disability are designated as 469W psychogeriatric beds, the majority of elderly patients are treated in other mental illness beds. It is therefore not possible from the information available centrally to identify the total number of beds used to care for psychogeriatric patients. The majority of patients resident in mental hospitals and psychiatric units in Scotland are over 65 years old.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of beds in geriatric hospitals or units in Scotland at the present time and in each of the five previous years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is set out in the following table:
Year Number 1977 10,287 1978 10,447 1979 10,491 1980 10,782 1981 10,926 1982 10,690 1. These figures include beds in joint user hospitals and contractual beds in private hospitals.
2. The figures show the bed complement at 30 September each year except that for 1982 the figure shown is the bed complement at 31 March, the latest date for which comprehensive information is available.