§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for 1985 for each health board and for Scotland as a whole the number of deaths and discharges among, and the number of beds occupied by, patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements with institutions outside the National Health Service, breaking the figures down by category of patient treated.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested, which relates to 30 September 1985, is as follows:
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Health board/speciality Average occupied beds Discharges and deaths Argyll & Clyde Geriatric long stay 40 12 Mental handicap 65 8 Total 105 20 Borders Mental handicap 65 5 Total 65 5 Greater Glasgow Geriatric long stay 24 16 Others 49 138 Total 73 154
Health board/speciality Average occupied beds Discharges and deaths Highland Geriatric long stay 19 1 Total 19 1 Lanarkshire Convalescent 35 541 Geriatric long stay 53 16 Total 88 557 Lothian Geriatric long stay 158 94 Mental handicap 174 7 Others 55 671 Total 387 772 Scotland Convalescent 35 541 Geriatric long stay 294 139 Mental handicap 304 20 Others 104 809 Total 737 1,509