HC Deb 20 February 1991 vol 186 cc185-6W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is now the number of hospital beds available to national health service patients in(a) Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde, and (c) Scotland.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The latest information centrally available is for the year ending 30 September 1990. The average number of available staffed beds then is set out in the table.

Number
Greater Glasgow Health Board 11,824
Strathclyde1 23,543
Scotland 51,503
1 This covers Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Argyll and Clyde and Ayrshire and Arran health boards.