§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement outlining fees received by surgeons, etc., for carrying out sterilisations.
§ Mr. Harry EwingWithin ceilings agreed locally between hospital consultants and their respective health boards, the scale of fees paid to hospital consultants and other hospital doctors for carrying out sterilisations and associated procedures is as follows:
§ Mr. Harry EwingThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average time spent in hospital by women having sterilisation operations, giving separate figures for each region.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe information requested is set out below.
Average time spent in hospital by women having sterilisation operations carried out:
225WThese sterilisations may be carried out as a single procedure or in the course of another operation. In the latter case the other operation
(b) in maternity units: Health Board of residence 1972 1973 1974 Ayrshire and Arran … … … … 15.7 19.1 12.9 Borders … … … … 13.3 14.8 12.3 Argyll and Clyde … … … … 16.4 21.0 17.9 Fife … … … … 14.3 12.1 13.1 Greater Glasgow … … … … 19.8 19.6 19.7 Highland … … … … 12.6 10.9 11.7 Lanarkshire … … … … 21.6 19.2 16.1 Grampian … … … … 10.6 10.5 9.2 Orkney … … … … 14.6 * 13.4 Lothian … … … … 13.7 13.8 14.6 Tayside … … … … 11.6 10.1 11.1 Forth Valley … … … … 17.2 10.7 14.1 Western Isles … … … … 17.6 17.4 15.0 Dumfries and Galloway … … … … 14.8 14.5 17.8 Shetland … … … … 25.2 16.4 14.4 Others … … … … 16.9 53.5 13.8 Total … … … … 14.6 14.2 13.6 * Figure withheld for reasons of confidentiality. These sterilisations are carried out while the patient is in a maternity unit and the figures for average stay are influenced by cases where the patient has to spend a considerable period of time in the unit prior to the birth.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sterilisations
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1(a) Female Sterilisations carried out in general gynaecological units Health Board of residence 1972 1973 1974 Ayrshire and Arran … … … … 309 389 380 Borders … … … … 170 219 205 Argyll and Clyde … … … … 381 418 387 Fife … … … … 595 798 1,142 Greater Glasgow … … … … 1,530 1,833 1,651 Highland … … … … 288 245 233 Lanarkshire … … … … 641 621 703 Grampian … … … … 691 644 872 Orkney … … … … 14 14 15 Lothian … … … … 1,683 1,859 1,904 Tayside … … … … 807 685 821 Forth Valley … … … … 219 180 209 Western Isles … … … … 19 24 22 Dumfries and Galloway … … … … 104 85 74 Shetland … … … … 10 10 9 Others … … … … 26 28 37 Total … … … … 7,487 8,052 8,664 1(b) Female sterilisations carried out in maternity units. (These figures are underrecorded by about 20 per cent., largely because Forth Valley Health Board did not submit comprehensive returns for the years in question.) Health Board of residence 1972 1973 1974 Ayrshire and Arran … … … … 241 255 289 Borders … … … … 23 22 19 Argyll and Clyde … … … … 54 52 42 Fife … … … … 266 254 216 Greater Glasgow … … … … 463 413 363 Highland … … … … 179 159 139 Lanarkshire … … … … 168 115 86 Grampian … … … … 537 536 414 Orkney … … … … 11 1 5 Lothian … … … … 396 315 271 Tayside … … … … 429 408 340 may involve a relatively long hospital stay and this influences the figures for average stay.
have been carried out within each region for each year since 1972, giving separate figures for either sex.
§ Mr. Harry EwingSuch information as available centrally is set out below:
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Health Board of residence 1972 1973 1974 Forth Valley … … … … 12 8 6 Western Isles … … … … 18 15 13 Dumfries and Galloway … … … … 135 105 97 Shetland … … … … 14 13 7 Others … … … … 18 15 14 Total … … … … 2,964 2,686 2,321 Total number of female sterilisations under 1(a) and 1(b) 10,451 10,738 10,985
2(a) Male sterilisation for prophylactic reasons performed in hospital on an in-patient basis. Information on sterilisations carried out in hospitals on an out-patient basis is not available. 1972 1973 1974 All Scotland … … … … … 391 421 366
2(b) Male sterilisations performed in family planning clinics. Health Board of operation 1974 (1st April-31st December) 1975 Ayrshire and Arran … … … … … … 84 154 Greater Glasgow … … … … … … 262 430 Lothian … … … … … … 161 310 Forth Valley … … … … … … 49 0 Total … … … … … … 556 894