§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for each year since 1979, the health boards for which statutory auditors have issued reports of poor control over private patient income.
§ Mr. John MacKayNo accounts of health boards have been qualified by the statutory auditor in respect of control over private patient income in the period in question.
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Average daily occupancy Average daily occupancy Health Board Authorised pay beds at 31 March 1985 Numbers Percentage Authorised pay beds at 31 March 1984 Numbers Percentage Argyll and Clyde 13 0.8 5.9 13 2.6 19.7 Ayrshire and Arran 11 3.3 29.9 11 4.5 41.0 Borders — — — — — —
§ Mr. John MacKayThe costs of maintaining patients in hospitals not vested in the Secretary of State are as follows:
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for 1984–85 and for each health board, the number of authorized pay beds at the end of the year and their average daily occupancy by private patients, expressed both as a number of beds and as a percentage; and if he will give the 1983–84 figures for comparison.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is set out in the table.
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Average daily occupancy Average daily occupancy Health Board Authorised pay beds at 31 March 1985 Numbers Percentage Authorised pay beds at 31 March 1984 Numbers Percentage Dumfries and Galloway — — — — — — Fife 1 — — — — — Forth Valley 5 1.1 22.4 5 1.2 24.9 Grampian 17 3.7 21.8 17 3.0 17.6 Greater Glasgow 30 1.6 5.3 30 0.4 12.8 Highland 4 0.5 11.6 4 0.7 16.5 Lanarkshire — — — — — — Lothian 19 5.0 26.4 19 6.7 35.4 Orkney — — — — — — Shetland — — — — — — Tayside 9 1.7 19.0 9 1.2 13.1 Western Isles — — — — — — All Scotland 109 19.4 17.8 108 23.5 21.8
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each year since 1970 and for each health board, the number of attendances by (a) private outpatients, (b) private day cases and (c) private regular day cases.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is not available centrally.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each year since 1979 and for each health
Income from private patients in NHS hospitals in Scotland 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Income Amounts Income Amounts Income Amounts Health board Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Argyll and Clyde 77,052 — — 96,677 — 247 102,596 — — Ayrshire and Arran 63,464 — 128 89,870 — 3 98,700 — 64 Borders — — — — — — — — — Dumfries and Galloway — — — — — — — — — Fife 1,440 — 9 1,259 — 421 1,605 42 — Forth Valley 14,494 — — 39,323 — — 36,033 — — Grampian 120,882 8,637 120 129,356 13,160 473 151,584 16,998 1,920 Greater Glasgow 92,836 1,205 619 129,977 245 2,054 203,192 775 3,388 Highland 11,616 — — 8,098 — — 12,387 — 113 Lanarkshire — — — 465 — — 1,717 — 382 Lothian 132,906 1,363 3,667 177,936 1,103 955 206,654 3,523 1,246 Orkney — — — — — — — — — Shetland — 5 — — — — — 11 — Tayside 11,001 — 254 15,466 7 221 30,029 — 727 Western Isles — — — — — — — — — All Scotland 525,691 11,210 4,797 688,427 14,515 4,374 844,507 21,349 7,840 430W
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Income Amounts Income Amounts Income Amounts Health board Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Argyll and Clyde 83,266 — — 143,169 133 109 113,574 142 90 Ayrshire and Arran 91,984 — 447 141,236 7,242 184 99,483 10,757 1,504 Borders — — — — — — — — — Dumfries and Galloway — — — — 419 62 — 883 — Fife 1,038 31 70 — — — — — — Forth Valley 32,078 46 — 41,469 4,847 313 41,579 7,252 — Grampian 135,417 11,658 273 138,123 20,518 856 177,911 27,602 92 Greater Glasgow 80,329 23 5,015 156,257 18 1,269 78,418 163 2,284 Highland 8,241 27 — 20,010 27 — 18,242 223 — Lanarkshire — — — — 314 — — 981 — Lothian 204,872 4,100 1,913 242,232 13,725 11 172,551 18,545 28,774 board (a) the income from private resident patients, (b) the amount written off as bad debts from private resident patients, (c) the income from private non-resident patients and (d) the amount written off as bad debts from private non-resident patients.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information available is set out in the table. Central information on amounts written off as bad debts does not distinguish between resident and non-resident patients.
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1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Income Amounts Income Amounts Income Amounts Health board Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Resident £ Non resident £ Written off £ Orkney — — — — — — — — — Shetland — — — — — — — — — Tayside 12,980 — 1,173 67,784 2,552 434 60,761 7,666 185 Western Isles — — — — — — — — — All Scotland 650,205 15,839 8,891 950,280 49,795 3,238 762,519 73,888 32,929