§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the number of intensive care beds for each health board area in Scotland and the total population served and (b) the total number of intensive care beds in Scotland for each financial year since 1979. [6492]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the tables.
Table 1: NHSiS—Intensive care beds1 by health board area of treatment; and population2 by health board area of residence;
quarter ending 31 March 1996
Intensive care beds Population Scotland 266 5,136,600 Argyll and Clyde 13 432,800 Ayrshire and Arran 9 377,200 Borders 2 106,200 Dumfries and Galloway 14 147,900 Fife 6 351,600 Forth Valley 7 273,900 Grampian 10 532,800 Greater Glasgow 85 912,500 Highland 10 208,300 Lanarkshire 37 561,200 Lothian 47 764,600 Orkney — 19,870 Shetland — 23,090 Tayside 25 395,600 Western Isles — 29,040 1Average available staffed beds in intensive therapy units: figures rounded to nearest whole number. 2Population estimate as at 30 June 1995. Source:
GRO(S)
Table 2: NHSiS—Intensive care beds1—years ending 31 March Number 1979 125 1980 135 1981 137 1982 142 1983 159 1984 166 1985 168 1986 166 1987 166 1988 166 1989 182 1990 189 1991 198 1992 219 1993 230 1994 250 1995 247 1996 266 1Average available staffed beds in intensive therapy units. Source:
ISD(S)1.