§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of pay beds under Part I, Section 1, of the Health Services and Public Health Act, 1968, in each regional hospital board, and the number of such beds reserved for a particular specialty of medicine in 1970.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellAuthorisations given under Section 1 of the 1968 Act relate to the numbers of private patients who may be accommodated, at any one time, in particular hospitals ; they do not relate to particular beds or particular specialties of medicine. The figures by regions are as follows:
Northern Region 12 North-Eastern Region 46 Eastern Region 42 South-Eastern Region 50 Western Region 210 (including 12 authorised for Gartnavel District General Hospital when it opens). Total 360