HC Deb 10 March 1988 vol 129 c334W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women in 1986–87 in Scotland were admitted to National Health Service maternity units in each health board area.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 8 March 1988]: Information for 1986–87 is not yet available in precisely the form requested but the numbers of women discharged from specialist obstetric and GP obstetric beds in the year ending 31 March 1987 are set out in the table:

Specialist obstetric GP obstetric Total
Argyll and Clyde 8,152 850 9,002
Ayrshire and Arran 8,838 1,626 10,464
Borders 938 938
Dumfries and Galloway 2,793 379 3,172
Fife 5,739 51 5,790
Forth Valley 5,284 5,284
Grampian 7,028 3,065 10,093
Greater Glasgow 22,963 22,963
Highland 4,324 341 4,665
Lanarkshire 8,197 8,197
Lothian 15,010 15,010
Orkney 256 256
Shetland 330 330
Tayside 8,028 1,181 9,209
Western Isles 295 50 345
Scotland 96,651 9,067 105,718

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