§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the number of (a) amenity beds, (b) discharges and deaths from amenity beds, (c) the amenity beds occupied on average, (d) the percentage occupancy and (e) the income from amenity patients in 1983 and 1984.
§ Mr. John MacKayRecords are not available centrally of the number of beds which can be used as amenity beds or of the number of patients using such facilities. The number of such beds is however small compared to the overall provision by health boards.
The income derived from the use of amenity beds in 1983 and 1984 is as follows:
Health Board 1983–84 1984–85 £ Argyll and Clyde — 55 Ayrshire and Arran 1,584 1,250 Borders 345 995 Dumfries and Galloway 7,195 6,102 Fife 8,570 6,700 Forth Valley 845 1,295 Grampian 92,987 36,747 Greater Glasgow — — Highland 1,613 3,057 Lanarkshire — — Lothian 63,629 63,260 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 10,324 6,718 Western Isles — —