§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give for each health board and for Scotland
Health Board 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–861 (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) Argyll and Clyde 13 1.3 9.9 13 2.2 16.6 13 7.4 57.2 13 0.6 4.6 13 2.6 19.7 13 0.8 5.9 13 0.4 3.0 Ayrshire and Arran 12 5.3 43.9 9 3.8 42.5 9 4.0 44.4 11 3.2 29.2 11 4.5 41.0 11 3.3 29.9 11 3.2 29.3 Borders — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 0.1 10.7 Fife — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — Forth Valley 5 1.5 29.2 5 2.3 46.1 5 1.7 33.5 5 1.1 21.5 5 1.2 24.9 5 1.1 22.4 5 1.2 23.7 Grampian 14 5.9 42.2 13 5.4 41.4 13 5.2 40.0 15 4.1 27.1 17 3.0 17.6 17 3.7 21.8 17 3.4 20.1 Greater Glasgow 41 6.9 16.9 30 3.8 12.5 30 5.6 18.6 30 3.7 12.2 30 3.8 12.8 30 1.6 5.3 30 1.5 4.9 Highland 3 0.7 22.0 3 0.4 12.1 3 0.5 16.4 4 0.4 9.9 4 0.7 16.5 4 0.5 11.6 4 0.1 3.7 Lothian 21 6.9 32.7 16 6.3 39.5 16 7.6 47.7 19 8.2 43.1 19 6.7 35.4 19 5.0 26.4 19 3.7 19.4 Tayside 5 0.4 8.5 5 0.4 8.6 5 0.6 12.0 11 0.6 5.2 9 1.2 13.8 9 1.7 19.0 9 2.0 22.3 Total 114 28.0 24.6 94 24.6 26.2 94 32.6 34.7 108 23.4 21.7 108 23.7 21.8 109 17.7 15.8 110 15.6 13.7 1Provisional. (1) Number of authorised pay beds at the end of the financial year in question.
(2) Average daily occupancy number.
(3) Average daily occupancy percentage.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list any health boards whose accounts have been qualified by the statutory auditor in respect of control over private patient income since 1979.
§ Mr. John MacKayNo accounts of health boards have been qualified by the statutory auditor in respect of control over private patient income in the period in question.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for 1985–86 and for each health board and Scotland as a whole the income from (a) private resident patients, (b) private non-resident patients and (c) services provided to private medical institutions; and what is the amount written off as bad debts in these areas.
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Income from Private Patients in NHS Hospitals in Scotland 1985–86 Board Resident £ Non-resident £ Amount written off as bad debts £ Argyll & Clyde 140,871 41 2,788 Ayrshire and Arran 108,833 11,082 467 Borders 3,192 546 11 Dumfries & Galloway — 1,161 — Fife 118 307 — Forth Valley 65,177 10,405 — Grampian 168,888 32,492 1,096 Greater Glasgow 66,002 295 4,764 Highland 9,719 460 — Lanarkshire 453 268 1,873 Lothian 129,081 29,749 674 as a whole (a) the number of pay beds, (b) the average number occupied by private patients, (c) the average occupancy percentage, (d) the number of private in-patients and (e) the number of private out-patients in the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) if he will give for each year since 1979 for National Health Service hospitals in Scotland (a) the number of pay beds, (b) the average number occupied by private patients, (c) the occupancy rate as a percentage, (d) the number of private in-patients and (e) the number of private out-patients.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information available centrally is given in the following table. Information on the number of private in-patients and out-patients is not available centrally.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information available on income from private patients is set out in the table below. Central information on amounts written off as bad debts does not distinguish between resident and non-resident patients.
The only source of income to the NHS from the supply of services to private medical institutions in Scotland for which central information is available relates to the charges made by the Common Services Agency for the expenses incurred in the handling and processing of blood and blood products. Income from provision of these services amounted to £34,032 in 1985–86.
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Board Resident £ Non-resident £ Amount written off as bad debts £ Orkney — — — Shetland — — — Tayside 72,308 10,850 595 Western Isles — — — Scotland 764,642 97,656 12,268