§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of(a) children's and (b) adult intensive care units have four or more whole time equivalent nurses per bed.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 1 December 1993]: The detailed information required to respond is not held centrally. What information is held, however, indicates that 50 per cent. of children's intensive therapy units and 61 per cent. of adult intensive therapy units have on average four or more nursing staff per occupied bed.