§ Mr. Norman HoggTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing the total number of hospital beds available in Scotland for each year since 1979; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures for each health board.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe average available staffed beds in each year ending 30 September in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland are as follows: 483W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 11986 1 21987 Forth Valley 3,611 3,616 3,583 3,498 3,446 3,436 3,407 3,417 3,410 Grampian 5,392 5,391 5,393 5,462 5,486 5,595 5,558 5,575 5,513 Greater Glasgow 14,045 14,084 14,032 13,547 13,355 13,166 12,907 12,691 12,559 Highland 2,455 2,422 2,427 2,347 2,290 2,277 2,220 2,149 2,165 Lanarkshire 5,517 5,536 5,538 5,528 5,491 5,404 5,283 5,164 5,042 Lothian 8,374 8,389 8,397 8,452 8,522 8,451 8,279 8,089 8,047 Orkney 119 126 131 131 131 132 129 131 131 Shetland 160 159 160 160 160 161 157 160 158 Tayside 5,648 5,522 5,408 5,377 5,354 5,248 5,158 5,120 5,109 Western Isles 216 212 202 207 210 208 211 212 216 1 Provisional. 2 Year ended 31 March.