§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the cost per head in each of the health board areas of(a) in-patient treatments of mental illness, (b) out-patient and day-care treatment of mental illness and (c) general practitioner prescribed prescription costs for treatment of stress, anxiety and depression.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 14 December 1990]: The information for the year ending 31 March 1990 is set out in the table.
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Health board Weekly cost per head for in-patient treatments of mental illness £ Cost per attendance of out-patient and day-care treatment of menta/ illness £ Argyll and Clyde 365.97 32.04 Ayrshire and Arran 336.87 16.22 Borders 338.85 30.02
Health board Weekly cost per head for in-patient treatments of mental illness £ Cost per attendance of out-patient and day-care treatment of mental illness £ Dumfries and Galloway 413.72 22.61 Fife 370.95 36.07 Forth Valley 302.12 42.13 Grampian 344.44 24.12 Greater Glasgow 336.05 31.17 Highland 372.92 30.08 Lanarkshire 324.59 27.77 Lothian 339.53 30.79 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 375.07 26.95 Western Isles — — There are no separate mental illness hospitals in islands health boards. Patients from these boards are treated on the mainland. Statistics on prescription costs for the treatment of stress, anxiety and depression are not collected centrally.