§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since 1979 the numbers of(a) registered beds and (b) occupied beds in (i) registered private hospitals/clinics, (ii) registered private nursing homes and (iii) all registered establishments in Scotland, showing separately those which were for (1) acute specialties, (2) mental illness, (3) people with learning difficulties, (4) people with physical disabilities, (5) maternity and (6) other purposes. [15455]
Registered Nursing Homes and Hospitals3—Number Registered, Bed Complement and Category of Service Provided as at 31 March 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 19951 19961 All Nursing Homes and Hospitals4 Total number registered 164 215 270 316 354 388 437 437 458 499 Total number of beds 5,063 6,859 8,798 10,311 12,274 14,556 17,012 17,646 19,236 21,836 Number of homes or hospitals by services provided5 Acute—medical2 51 27 22 22 26 16 22 19 7 10 Acute—surgical2 10 8 10 9 8 8 10 7 5 11 Mental illness (other than elderly) 6 8 8 18 11 15 17 24 26 28 Learning difficulties (other than elderly) 11 15 18 15 15 21 24 26 29 30 Physical handicap (other than elderly) 36 51 60 76 68 73 76 77 93 81 Maternity 2 1 — — 1 1 — — — — Abortions 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 3 4 7 Elderly long stay 143 192 244 287 320 359 388 383 403 444 Elderly with mental impairment or learning difficulties 78 95 139 172 195 197 231 220 230 223 Convalescence 53 83 107 127 131 133 137 128 104 89 Terminal care/hospice 32 60 90 111 120 137 143 121 84 68 Other 11 27 27 45 67 67 67 88 97 125 1 Provisional. 2 The figures on the number of establishments providing an Acute Surgical or Acute Medical services are believed to be under reported in 1994 and 1995. 3 Private nursing homes and hospitals subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended), or the Mental Health Act 1960–1984. 4 It is not strictly possible to distinguish hospitals from nursing homes from the information available. 5 Because a nursing home/hospital may provide more than one service, the total number of the services provided will exceed the total number of registrations. Information prior to 1987 is not available.
Residents in registered nursing homes and private hospitals in Scotland2 As at 31 March 1994 19951 19961 Elderly long stay 11,723 11,407 12,411 Elderly with mental impairment or learning difficulties 2,615 3,400 3,319 Learning difficulties (other than elderly) 314 279 331 Mental illness (other than elderly) 121 80 139 Physical handicap (other than elderly) 231 263 280 Acute—medical 32 14 10 Acute—surgical 76 35 59 Convalescence 72 80 32 Terminal care 201 176 157 Other 291 310 407 All residents 15,676 16,044 17,145 1 Provisional. 2 Private nursing homes and hospitals subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1939 (as amended), or the Mental Health Act 1960–84. Information prior to 1994 is not available.
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation in the level of detail requested is not collected centrally. Table A shows available information on the number of homes and hospitals registered under the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938, as amended, or the Mental Health Acts 1960 to 1984, the total number of beds, and the category of services provided for each year since 1987. Table B provides details of the number of patients resident in these establishments by category as at 31 March in each year since 1994.