§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of private hospitals which offered acute/surgical care, the number of beds and the occupancy rate for all facilities offering such care by region in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation on occupancy rates is not available centrally; but the remaining information is as follows:
patients, and the average daily occupancy of National Health Service pay beds, giving numbers and percentages for each region for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information available centrally is given in the following table. Information on deaths and discharges is not available centrally.
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Health board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 No. of pay beds* Average daily occupancy No. of pay beds* Average daily occupancy No. of pay beds* Average daily occupancy No. of pay beds* Average daily occupancy No. of pay beds* Average daily occupancy No. Per cent. No. Per cent. No. Per cent. No. Per cent. No. Per cent. Argyll and Clyde 13 1.3 9.9 13 2.2 16.6 13 7.4 57.2 13 0.6 4.6 13 2.6 19.7 Ayrshire and Arran 12 5.3 43.9 9 3.8 42.5 9 4.0 44.4 11 3.2 29.2 11 4.5 41.0 Forth Valley 5 1.5 29.2 5 2.3 46.1 5 1.7 33.5 5 1.1 21.5 5 1.2 24.9 Grampian 14 5.9 42.2 13 5.4 41.4 13 5.2 40.0 15 4.1 27.1 17 3.0 17.6 Greater Glasgow 41 6.9 16.9 30 3.8 12.5 30 5.6 18.6 30 3.7 12.2 30 0.4 12.8 Highland 3 0.7 22.0 3 0.4 12.1 3 0.5 16.4 4 04 9.9 4 0.7 16.5 Lothian 21 6.9 32.7 16 6.3 39.5 16 7.6 47.7 19 8.2 43.1 19 6.7 35.4 Tayside 5 0.4 8.5 5 0.4 8.6 5 0.6 12.0 11 0.6 5.2 9 1.2 13.1 All Scotland 114 28.0 24.6 94 24.6 26.2 94 32.6 34.7 108 23.4 21.7 108 23.5 21.8 * No. of authorised pay beds at end of financial year in question