HC Deb 22 March 1978 vol 946 cc559-60W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the level of waiting lists of psychogeriatric patients for each of the appropriate hospitals in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, giving a breakdown of the waiting list by: (a) sex, (b) those living at home and (c) those living in another hospital or institution.

Mr. Harry Ewing

This information is not available centrally.

Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the level of real expenditure in each of the last 10 years on the provision of facilities for psychogeriatric patients in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, taking 1970 as base 100, and indicating how many extra places were provided in each of these years.

Mr. Harry Ewing

Accounts of health boards are maintained on a hospital basis and it is not possible to identify the cost of particular specialties within the total. Patient statistics for the psychogeratric specialty were not collected prior to 1975–76. The numbers of staffed beds available since then were:

1975–76 399
1976–77 … … 415
1977–78 (estimated) … … 420