§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average cost per patient per week in teaching hospitals, other acute hospitals, maternity hospitals, geriatric hospitals, mental hospitals and mental defective hospitals, respectively.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe available information is published on page 6 of the foreword to the Summarised Accounts of Scottish Hospitals for 1968–69 (H.C. Paper 254 dated 4th May, 1970). The majority of geriatric patients are accommodated in the hospitals described in the paper as mainly long stay, long stay and chronic.