§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the current numbers of staffed beds for(a) orthopaedic surgery, (b) general surgery and (c) general medicine for (i) each Scottish health board, (ii) in total for Scotland and (iii) for each hospital.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 26 November 1992]: The information requested is shown in the table.
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Health board area/hospital General surgery Orthopaedic surgery General medicine1 Glasgow Western Infirmary 77 40 145 Highland 197 99 200 Caithness General Hospital 24 — 24 Lawson Memorial Hospital 7 — — Raigmore Hospital 119 99 122 Town and County Hospital Nairn — — 10 Belford Hospital 29 — 17 Mackinnon Memorial Hospital 18 — 2 Ross Memorial Hospital — — 10 Nicolson Mackenzie Hospital — — 15 Lanarkshire 341 249 412 Monklands District General Hospital 83 72 91 Law Hospital 119 99 164 Hairmyres Hospital 97 45 93 Stonehouse Hospital 43 33 63 Lothian 371 333 711 Eastern General Hospital 52 — 95 Edenhall Hospital — — 15 Roodlands General Hospital 8 — 14 Western General Hospital 89 — 166 Astley Ainslie Hospital — 24 — Liberton Hospital 8 — — Princess Margaret Rose Hospital — 184 — Royal Infirmary 151 88 345 St. Johns Hospital at Howden 63 36 75 Orkney 39 — — Balfour Hospital 39 — — Shetland 26 — 20 Gilbert Bain Hospital 26 — 20 Tayside 272 258 379 Ninewells Hospital 144 — 194 Dundee Royal Infirmary — 113 — Royal Victoria Hospital 2 2 3 Dundee Limb Fitting Centre — 17 — Bridge of Earn Hospital — 74 — Perth Royal Infirmary 77 6 86 Arbroath Infirmary — — 26 Forfar Infirmary 14 — — Stracathro Hospital 34 47 71 Western Isles 42 — 35 Lewis Hospital 35 — 27 Daliburgh Hospital 7 — 8 1 Includes the following sub-specialties: Cardiology, Metabolic diseases, Gastroenterology, Poisons, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Genito-urinary medicine, Medical oncology, Haematology, Homeopathy.