§ Mr. Ian Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what increase is planned in the number of beds available for geriatric patients in Dunbartonshire; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellA geriatric unit of 30 beds at Dumbarton Joint Hospital will be brought into use later this summer and building work on a geriatric unit of 96 beds and 40 day hospital places will start in August at Vale of Leven Hospital. In addition, a new geriatric unit of 60 beds at Blawarthill Hospital, Glasgow, is in the process of being commissioned; the unit will provide facilities for patients from the part of Dunbartonshire adjoining Glasgow.