HC Deb 30 November 1990 vol 181 cc520-1W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of special care baby units available in hospitals throughout Scotland, the total number of places, the number of babies treated at special care baby units in the last two years for which figures are available and the number of babies turned away when units were full for the same period.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information on special care baby units in Scotland is shown in the table.

Information on the number of babies not admitted when units are full is not centrally available.

Year
1989 1990
Hospitals with special care baby units 25 25
Total number of places Bed complement1 549 531
Average available staffed beds 543 520
Number of patients Inpatient discharges 12,925 12,257
1Figures as at 31 March.

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