HC Deb 11 July 1985 vol 82 c517W
Mr. MacKenzie

asked 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. Younger

The staffed hospital beds available for elderly patients at 31 March 1984 (the latest available date) were as follows:

Number
Argyll and Clyde 982
Ayrshire and Arran 705
Borders 241
Dumfries and Galloway 326
Fife 629
Forth Valley 589
Grampian 1,019
Greater Glasgow 2,173
Highland 404
Lanarkshire 968
Lothian 1,447
Orkney 51
Shetland 87
Tayside 887
Western Isles 104
Scotland 10,612

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