§ 61. Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many places are available for geriatric patients in the hospitals serving the Hamilton constituency area and in which hospitals.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe Hamilton constituency area forms part of the hospital catchment area covering Hamilton, Motherwell and South Lanarkshire. Beds are not allocated specifically to particular parts of the catchment area, but the following table shows the geriatric beds available for the area as a whole:
Hospital Available geriatric beds Cleland 194 Law 168 Roadmeetings 104 Shotts 50 Stonehouse 47 Strathclyde 114 Wishaw 68 Total 745