§ Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average cost of keeping a patient for a week in Maud Hospital and in Turriff Hospital as compared with Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe average weekly in-patient cost at Maud Hospital in 1972–73 was £23.49; at Turriff
298WHospital £56.68; and at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary £106.83.
§ Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current shortage of nursing staff in Aberdeen; and what effect it is having on available beds.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThere are 125 trained and 35 auxiliary nurses short of the notional establishment in the Aberdeen general hospitals group. No bed closures are contemplated.