§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each year since 1979 and for each health board, the total number of National Health Service hospitals.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested is as follows.
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Health Boards September 1979 September 1980 September 1981 September 1982 September 1983 March 1984* Greater Glasgow 46 46 45 46 47 45 Highland 24 24 24 23 23 23 Lanarkshire 26 25 24 24 24 24 Lothian 36 36 36 35 36 36 Orkney 2 2 2 2 2 2 Shetland 3 3 3 3 3 3 Tayside 33 33 32 31 30 29 Western Isles 4 5 5 5 5 5 Scotland 339 332 330 330 331 325 * the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each year since 1979 and for each health board, the total number of beds in National Health hospitals.
Health Boards September 1979 September 1980 September 1981 September 1982 September 1983 *March 1984 Argyll & Clyde 4,599 4,523 4,488 4,472 4,438 4,433 Ayrshire & Arran 2,837 2,822 2,827 2,794 2,918 3,051 Borders 898 897 943 928 928 925 Dumfries & Galloway 1,676 1,595 1,571 1,548 1,540 1,538 Fife 2,953 2,913 2,929 2,989 3,026 3,106 Forth Valley 3,611 3,616 3,583 3,498 3,446 3,465 Grampian 5,392 5,391 5,393 5,462 5,486 5,571 Greater Glasgow 14,045 14,084 14,032 13,547 13,355 13,206 Highland 2,455 2,422 2,427 2,347 2,290 2,288 Lanarkshire 5,517 5,536 5,538 5,528 5,491 5,442 Lothian 8,374 8,389 8,397 8,452 8,522 8,505 Orkney 119 126 131 131 131 131 Shetland 160 159 160 160 160 159 Tayside 5,648 5,522 5,408 5,377 5,354 5,312 Western Isles 216 212 202 207 210 208 SCOTLAND 58,500 58,207 58,029 57,440 57,295 57,340 * The latest date for which information is available.