§ Mr. DunnachieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many operations were contracted out to private hospitals in Scotland, region by region; and at what cost during 1988.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is not collected centrally. However, the health boards which are making use of private sector facilities with support from the funds allocated to reduce waiting lists in 1988–89, the number of patients to be treated and the costs, are as follows:
Health Board Specialty Patients Cost (£) Greater Glasgow Urology 30 20,000 Orthopaedics 113 154,781 Highland Orthopaedics 12 45,324 Lanarkshire Urology 10 15,000 Lothian Orthopaedics 14 57,282 Ophthalmology 8 20,000 Dumfries and Galloway Gynaecology 39 17,300
Establishment Region A B C D Total Aberdeen Grampian 2 91 57 2 152 Barlinnie Strathclyde — 840 6 — 846 Castle Huntly Tayside — — — 118 118 Cornton Vale Central — 36 102 13 151 Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway — 96 16 — 112 Dungavel Strathclyde — — 28 84 112 Edinburgh Lothians 1 311 265 31 608 Friarton Tayside — — 68 9 77 Glenochil Central — 177 126 — 303 Glenochil YOI Central — 1 97 — 98 Greenock Strathclyde — 143 15 — 158 Inverness Highland — 67 38 — 105 Longriggend Strathclyde — 178 24 — 202 Low Moss Strathclyde — — 394 — 394 Noranside Tayside — — — 110 110 Penninghame Dumfries and Galloway — — — 73 73 Perth Tayside 2 313 142 6 463 Peterhead Grampian 20 101 — — 121 Polmont Central — 259 94 26 379 Shotts Strathclyde — 350 150 1 501