§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much funding was provided for special care baby units in Scotland for each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list the location of each special care baby unit in Scotland; how many places are available in each unit; and how many patients are redirected from Glasgow special care baby units when places are full.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythHealth boards meet the capital and revenue costs of special care baby units from within their normal allocations. The table lists the average number of available staffed special care baby unit beds in Scotland at 31 March 1990. Information on the number of redirected patients is not held centrally.
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Average available staffed beds Scotland 520 Argyll and Clyde 53 Vale of Leven District General Hospital, Alexandria 18 Ranking Memorial Hospital, Greenock 14 Paisley Maternity Hospital 21 Ayrshire and Arran 28 Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine 28 Borders 10 Borders General Hospital, Melrose 10 Dumfries and Galloway 14 Cresswell Maternity Hospital, Dumfries 14 Fife 37 Forth Park Maternity Hospital, Kirkcaldy 25 Dunfermline Maternity Hospital 12 Forth Valley 24 Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 12 Stirling Royal Infirmary 12 Grampian 40 Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 40 Greater Glasgow 126 Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital 28 Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow 19 Rutherglen Maternity Hospital 25 Southern General Hospital, Glasgow 24
Average available staffed beds The Queen Mother's Hospital, Glasgow 30 Highland 20 Raigmore Hospital, Inverness 20 Lanarkshire 52 Bellshill Maternity Hospital 38 William Smellie Maternity Hospital, Lanark 14 Lothian 72 Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh 14 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh 15 Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh 29 Bangour General Hospital, by Broxburn 8 St. John's Hospital at Howden, Livingston 6 Tayside 44 Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 30 Perth Royal Infirmary 14