§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospital beds are available in each health board area for elderly people in need of specialist care and attention.
§ Mr. YoungerAt 31 March 1982—the latest date for which statistics are available centrally — the following number of staffed beds were available in each health board area for elderly patients, including those with mental disability:
Numbers Argyll and Clyde 1,021 Ayrshire and Arran 978 Borders 409 Dumfries and Galloway 510 Fife 899 Forth Valley 553 Grampian 1,399 Greater Glasgow 2,427 Highland 382 Lanarkshire 996 Lothian 1,706 Orkney — Shetland 87 Tayside 1,470 Western Isles 97 Total 12,934
§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nurses are in post in each health board area for the nursing of geriatric patients.
§ Mr. YoungerProvisional numbers of trained nurses and nursing auxiliaries — whole-time equivalents —employed in geriatric hospitals and in long-stay units mainly for geriatric patients at 31 March 1983 are as follows: 165W
Health boards Trained nurses (WTE) Nursing auxiliaries (WTE) Argyll and Clyde 137.6 261.0 Ayrshire and Arran 166.9 229.6 Borders 61.1 98.8 Dumfries and Galloway 56.9 35.8 Fife 79.9 63.5 Forth Valley 152.4 252.4 Grampian 213.3 239.8 Greater Glasgow 409.1 651.5 Highland 61.3 59.5 Lanarkshire 286.8 263.7 Lothian 287.9 318.2 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 264.8 297.0 Western Isles 38.9 14.8 Total 2,216.9 2,785.6 Statistics of nurses in training at these hospitals are not available. Geriatric patients are nursed also in general and geriatric beds in general and teaching hospitals, but the number of nursing staff involved cannot be separately identified.
§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many doctors with specialist qualifications are in post in each health board area for the treatment of geriatric patients.
§ Mr. YoungerThe numbers of consultants engaged wholly in geriatric medicine in Scotland as at 30 September 1982 are as follows. Geriatric patients are also treated by consultants in many other specialties.
Health board Consultants in geriatric medicine Argyll and Clyde 4 Ayrshire and Arran 3 Borders 1 Dumfries and Galloway 2 Fife 2 Forth Valley 3 Grampian 4 Greater Glasgow 18 Highland 2 Lanark 5 Lothian 10 Orkney — Shetland — Tayside 7 Western Isles 1 — Scotland 62
§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many elderly men and women are on the waiting list for treatment as geriatric patients in each area health board.
§ Mr. YoungerAt 31 March 1982—the latest date for which statistics are available centrally—the number of elderly men and women on the waiting lists for treatment as geriatric patients in each area health board was as follows:
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Health Board Geriatric Assessment Geriatric Long stay Argyll and Clyde 51 83 Ayrshire and Arran — — Borders 20 43 Dumfries and Galloway 41 —
Health Board Geriatric Assessment Geriatric Long stay Fife 139 — Forth Valley 77 29 Grampian 203 — Greater Glasgow 24 45 Highland 6 27 Lanarkshire 441 — Lothian 369 27 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 80 66 Western Isles — 28 It should be noted that the basis on which waiting lists are maintained varies between different health boards.
§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional measures he proposes to make available to area health boards for the provision of additional beds and nursing of geriatric patients.
§ Mr. YoungerThe formula used for calculating the distribution of funding between health boards takes into account the different age and sex structures in each board's population. Boards which have a high proportion of elderly people in their area will therefore find this reflected in their allocation.