§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the patient-staff ratios for Lennox castle, the Royal Scottish national hospital and for hospitals dealing with the problems of the mentally handicapped in Scotland as a whole at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. RifkindAt 31 March 1985, the ratio of average whole-time equivalent staff numbers per 100 patients in these hospitals was as follows:
Numbers Lennox castle hospital 78.2 The Royal Scottish national hospital 90.2 All Scottish mental handicap hospitals 93.5 Note:
These ratios are expressed in terms of staff numbers per 100 "weighted" patients to reflect the fact that, in addition to in-patients, hospitals also treat out-patients and day patients.