§ Mr. David Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many people are on the waiting list for an eventide bed in the eastern district of Greater Glasgow health board;
(2) what is the average wait for admission to an eventide bed in the eastern district of the Greater Glasgow health board;
(3) what is the shortfall in the number of eventide beds in the eastern district of the Greater Glasgow health board as recommended by the SHAPE report; and what plans are in hand to remedy this situation.
§ Mr. John MacKayI assume the hon. Member's question refers to residential rather than hospital accommodation.
Statistics collected centrally on services and accommodation provided by local authorities and voluntary bodies in the social work field are related to local authority rather than health board areas. Waiting lists are not required to be maintained by local authorities on a 549W uniform basis and the information collected on residential accommodation for the elderly and other client groups does not extend to any lists of this kind.