HC Deb 31 March 1993 vol 222 cc311-2W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the percentage of admissions to acute beds that are(a)elective and (b)emergency.

Mr. Stewart

The table shows discharges in 1991, the latest year for which figures are available, from Scottish NHS hospitals by type of admmission and health board area within which treatment was received.

Health Board of Treatment Admission Type Elective per cent. Emergency per cent.
Argyll and Clyde 46.0 48.3
Ayrshire and Arran 51.1 42.9
Borders 40.1 51.6
Dumfries and Galloway 43.6 45.1
Fife 52.5 38.7
Forth Valley 53.9 40.8
Grampian 46.1 43.2
Greater Glasgow 52.8 35.8
Highland 49.8 42.8
Lanarkshire 43.7 46.5
Lothian 47.9 40.7
Orkney 42.5 53.5
Shetland 54.0 44.1
Tayside 45.2 43.7
Health Board of Treatment Admission Type Elective per cent. Emergency per cent.
Western Isles 44.4 51.8
Scotland 48.7 51.6

Inter-hospital transfers are not included.