HC Deb 08 March 1999 vol 327 cc64-5W
Mrs. Laing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many intensive care beds there were in each health board area in each year since 1992. [74519]

Mr. Galbraith

Information on the number of intensive care beds in each Health Board area in each year since 1992 is shown in the table.

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

NHS in Scotland—intensive care beds1 by health board
Years ending 31 March
Health Board 1992 1993 1994 1996 19972 19982 1 April to 31 December 19982.3
Argyll and Clyde 4 7 12 13 13 16 26 25
Ayrshire and Arran 7 8 8 8 9 9 11 14
Borders 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
Dumfries and Galloway 8 8 16 14 14 13 13 14
Fife 5 6 6 22 22 22
Forth Valley 9 9 9 9 7 11 16 16
Grampian 10 11 10 11 10 25 25 26
Greater Glasgow 77 77 75 75 85 82 112 119
Highland 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10
Lanarkshire 37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38
Lothian 38 41 41 40 47 46 47 46
Orkney
Shetland
Tayside 20 24 28 25 25 27 29 29
Western Isles
Scotland 219 230 250 247 266 303 353 364
1 Average available staffed beds
2 Due to changes in recording practice, certain figures shown for year ending 31 March 1997 onwards are not fully comparable with those for earlier
3 Provisional

Source: ISD, Scotland

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