§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a list of new hospitals which opened in Scotland in (a) 1980, (b) 1981, (c) 1982 and (d) 1983, giving the total number of beds gained in each case.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe following is a list (based on information held centrally) of new hospital buildings, mostly on the sites of existing hospitals, brought into use in the years requested. The total bed complement of the accommodation is also given: it should be noted that not all the beds were necessarily brought into use in the given years. It should also be noted that many of the beds provided are replacements for outdated facilities elsewhere and are not additions to the overall complement.
Health Board Area Hospital Bed Numbers 1980 Argyll and Clyde Johnstone Hospital 30 Grampian Woodend Geriatric Hospital 30 Greater Glasgow Blawarthill Hospital 30 Canniesburn Hospital 30 Gartloch Hospital 30 Gartnavel Hospital 60 Mearnskirk Hospital 30 Stobhill Hospital 60 Tayside Irvine Memorial Hospital, Pitlochry 12 Murray Royal Hospital, Perth 60 1981 Ayrshire and Arran Crosshouse Hospital 710 Fife Glenrothes Hospital 92 Lothian Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Nil Redevelopment—Phase 1 Edinburgh Royal Hospital—Phase 1 170 Tayside Perth Royal Infirmary 85 Royal Liff Hospital, Dundee 60 1982 Grampian Inverurie Hospital 30 Spynie Hospital, Elgin 30 Highland Lochaber Hospital 30 Lothian Astley Ainslie 130 Tayside Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital 36 1983 Borders Hay Lodge, Peebles 65 Fife Whyteman's Brae, Kirkcaldy 260 Forth Valley Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert 120 Grampian Ugie Hospital, Peterhead 30 Woodend Hospital—Glenburn Wing 24 Woodlands Hospital 120 Greater Glasgow Glasgow Royal Infirmary—Phase 1 214 Stobhill Hospital 90 Lothian Herdmanflat Hospital 72 Tayside Aberfeldy Cottage Hospital 12