§ Mr. Norman HoggTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by each health board, the average number of pay beds occupied by private patients daily in Scottish National Health Service hospitals.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation in the form sought is not available centrally. The figures show numbers of pay beds in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland, the number of bed days available annually and the annual number of bed days occupied by private patients. Pay beds, when not occupied by private patients, are available for use by National Health Service patients.
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Health board Number of pay beds Available bed days Bed days occupied by private patients Argyll and Clyde 13 4,745 290 Ayrshire and Arran 11 4,015 1,076 Borders 1 365 109 Fife 1 365 28 Forth Valley 5 1,825 612 Grampian 17 6,205 1,175 Greater Glasgow 31 11,315 288 Highland 5 1,233 182 Lothian 19 6,935 1,157 Tayside 9 3,285 874 112 40,288 5,791