§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the net decrease in total bed complements over all specialties in each health board area for each of the last four years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John MackayThe overall annual net change in total bed complements for each health board area for each of the last four years is as follows:
Year ending 31 March Health Board 1979 1980 1981 1982 Argyll and Clyde -6 -22 +32 +8 Ayreshire and Arran Nil -15 +6 -13 Borders -24 +17 -1 +12 Dumfries and Galloway -52 +6 -145 -9 Fife -99 -42 +22 +71 Forth Valley Nil -15 -158 -2 Grampian -51 -358 -34 +69 Greater Glasgow +44 -106 +86 +13 Highland +8 -47 -11 +19 Lanarkshire -413 -14 -52 -5 Lothian +10 -21 -42 -45 Orkney Nil +2 Nil Nil Shetland Nil Nil Nil Nil Tayside -7 -27 -265 -48 Western Isles Nil -3 -14 Nil Scotland -590 -645 -576 +70