HC Deb 03 February 1992 vol 203 cc76-7W
Mr. Galbraith

To 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 Forsyth

The latest available information is shown in the table. Projected figures are not centrally available.

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.

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