HC Deb 07 July 1976 vol 914 cc562-3W
Mr. Dempsey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients are attending hospital in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, respectively, at the present time.

Mr. Harry Ewing

The latest available figures for in-patient discharges and out-patient attendances relate to the six months up to 30th September 1975. During that period 98,445 patients were discharged from Greater Glasgow Health Board hospitals and there were 715,414 out-patient attendances. The corresponding figures for the Lanarkshire Health Board were 27,183 discharges and 103,958 out-patient attendances.