§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the net changes in hospital bed complements in each Scottish health board area during the five-year period September 1979 to September 1984; and how the figures compare with the preceding five-year period.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested is as follows;
Health Board September 1974−September 1979 September 1979−March 1984 Argyll and Clyde −143 −43 Ayrshire and Arran +48 +249 Borders −101 +11 Dumfries and Galloway −37 −124 Fife −80 +237 Forth Valley −90 −282 Grampian −423 +176 Greater Glasgow −1,382 −323 Highland −74 −173 Lanarkshire −77 −131 Lothian −419 +4 Orkney +14 +2 Shetland No change No change Tayside −492 −324 Western Isles No change −17 Scotland −3,256 −738 Notes:
September 1984 figures are not yet available.
Excluding joint-user and contractual beds.
Details of bed complements for each health board are set out in "Hospital Utilisation Statistics", which has been published by the information services division of the Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service each year since 1976.