§ 52. Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the money allocation from public funds for mental health in Scotland; how many mental health hospital beds there are in Scotland; and in which hospitals.
Mr. Edward TaylorAt 30th September, 1970, there were 26,865 staffed mental health beds in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland. Expenditure on mental and mental deficiency hospitals; which contain the bulk of these beds, amounted to over £20½ million for the year ended 31st March, 1970. Expenditure by local authorities on helping persons with mental handicap is not separately identified.
Following are the details:
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Hospital Mental Illness Child Psychiatry Mental Deficiency Murthly Hospital, Perthshire … 425 — — Murray Royal Hospital, Perth … 304 — — Sunnyside Royal Hospital, Montrose … 759 — — Stracathro Hospital, Brechin … 24 — — Craig House, Edinburgh … 256 — — MacKinnon House, Edinburgh … 502 — — Morningside Drive Nursing Home, Edinburgh … 9 — — Abbotsford Park Nursing Home, Edinburgh … 16 — — Marchhal Crescent Nursing Home, Edinburgh … 36 — — Roslynlee Hospital, Midlothian … 370 — — Andrew Duncan Clinic, Edinburgh … 100 — — Alcoholism Unit, Edinburgh … 18 — — Young People's Unit, Edinburgh … 15 — — Stratheden Hospital, Fife … 755 12 — Bangour Village Hospital, Broxburn … 942 — — Herdmanflat Hospital, Haddington … 235 — — Dingleton Hospital, Melrose … 418 — — Professorial Unit, Edinburgh … 60 — — Eastern District Hospital, Glasgow … 41 — — Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow … 130 — — Southern General Hospital, Glasgow … 219 — — Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow … 730 — — Gartloch Hospital, Gartcosh … 833 — — Woodilee Hospital. Lenzie … 1,143 — — Stoneyetts Hospital, Chryston … 320 — — Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow … 1,071 — — Argyll and Bute Hospital, Lochgilphead … 521 — — Ravenspark Hospital, Irvine … 93 — 44 Ailsa Hospital, Ayr … 650 — — Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries … 1,031 55 — Hartwood Hospital, Shotts … 1,810 — — Riccartsbar Hospital, Paisley … 319 — — Dykebar Hospital, Paisley … 451 — — Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock … 383 — — Bellsdyke Hospital, Larbert … 1,072 — — Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital … — 10 — Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh … — 24 — Craig Phadrig Hospital, Inverness … — — 204 Woodlands Hospital, Cults, Aberdeenshire … — — 137 Maud Hospital, Aberdeenshire … — — 6 Ladysbridge Hospital, Banff … — — 522 Strathmartine Hospital, Baldovan, Dundee … — — 629 Armitstead's Children's Hospital, Broughty Ferry … — — 15 Glenlomond Hospital, by Kinross … — — 96 Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline … — — 420 Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh … — — 726 East Fortune Hospital, East Lothian … — — 125 Lennox Castle Hospital, Lennoxtown … — — 1,641 Waverley Park Hospital, Kirkintilloch … — — 141 Caldwell House Hospital, Uplawmoor, Renfrewshire … — — 131 Dunlop House, Dunlop, Ayrshire … — — 71 Kirklands Hospital, Bothwell … — — 220 Birkwood Hospital, Lesmahagow … — — 316 Bellefield Hospital, Lanark … — — 104 Broadfield Hospital, Port Glasgow … — — 210 Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert … — — 1,325 Total … 19,665 117 7,083 Grand Total … 26,865
54. Lieut.-Colonel Colin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the need for additional accommodation for elderly mentally ill patients, and the increasing number of elderly people in the north-east of Scotland, what action he is taking to increase the num- 126W ber of available beds in those hospitals accepting psycho-geriatric patients.
Mr. Edward TaylorThe North-Eastern Regional Hospital Board's building programme includes some adaptations and improvements which will make existing accommodation suitable 127W for the elderly mentally ill. Major developments at the Royal Cornhill Hospital are under consideration.