§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many beds were available in each health board area(a) in total and (b) for the care of the elderly, on 1 January; and what are the projected equivalent figures for April 1992.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe latest available information is shown in the table. Projected figures are not centrally available.
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NHS hospitals—in Scotland; average available staffed beds1; all specialties and care of the elderly; by health board; quarter ending 30 September 1991 All specialties2 Geriatric3 Scotland 48,692 17,814 Argyll and Clyde 3,945 1,492 Ayrshire and Arran 2,875 1,148 Borders 894 396 Dumfries and Galloway 1,357 550 Fife 2,912 1,147 Forth Valley 2,766 1,039 Grampian 5,070 2,038 Greater Glasgow 10,399 3,580 Highland 1,899 456 Lanarkshire 4,580 1,607 Lothian 7,008 2,569 Orkney 159 80 Shetland 146 86 Tayside 4,465 1,511 Western Isles 217 115 1Includes borrowed, lent and temporary beds.
2At any time, a varying proportion of acute beds is taken up by elderly patients.
3Geriatric assessment, geriatric long stay and phychogeriatrics.