§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, for each year since 1979,(a) the number of National Health Service in-patient beds in Royal Edinburgh infirmary and ( b) the number of National Health Service staff. in terms of full-time equivalents.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 26 October 1987]: The information for the Edinburgh royal infirmary is as follows:
Year Average available staffed beds Staff in post1 1979 974 22,076.4 1980 961 2,373.6 1981 975 2,494.2 1982 982 2,573.7 1983 987 2,592.9 1984 971 2,513.5 1985 962 2,554.1 1986 962 2,529.3 1The conditioned hours for nurses changed from 40 in 1979 to 37.5 hours thereafter. Nurses in training are excluded. 2Medical and dental staff figures for 1979 are not readily available centrally. There were 358.6 such staff in post in 1980.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1982 Discharged home—living with relative(s) or friend(s) 88 17 1 2 6 6 — 217 24 — 361 Discharged home—living alone 17 6 — 2 2 2 — 27 4 — 60 Discharged to a hostel for ex-patients 6 6 1 — — 2 — 38 1 — 54 Discharged to other hostel/home 24 3 4 — — 15 — 57 5 — 108 Transferred to another hospital (mental illness) 3 1 2 2 — 54 — 9 26 — 97 Transferred to another hospital (mental handicap) — — 1 — — 42 — — 11 — 54 Transferred to a psychiatric unit in a general hospital — — — — — 4 — 4 4 — 12 Transferred to geriatric in-patient care 4 — — — — 9 — 11 1 — 25 Transferred to other in-patient care 4 — 1 — 1 28 — 21 19 — 74 Discharged to a penal institution — — — — — 1 — 1 1 — 3 Discharged to other type of residence 2 — 1 1 — 6 — 22 1 — 33 Not known 5 — — — 1 — — 2 13 — 21