HC Deb 04 March 1976 vol 906 cc706-7W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many neurosurgical beds are available per million of population in the North-East, East, South-East and Western hospital regions, respectively.

Mr. William Ross

On 31st March 1974, the date the former regional hospital boards ceased to exist and thus the latest date for which this information is available, the position for staffed beds was as follows:

Number of beds staffed Ratio per 1 million population
Regional Hospital Board
North Eastern … 30 60
Eastern … 39 97
South Eastern … 60 50
Western. … 68 23