§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the percentage of children in hospital admitted to adult wards.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 1 December 1993]: It is estimated that 2.5 per cent. of children in hospital in Scotland are admitted to adult wards, where there is no separate accommodation for children.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions in 1991–92 a children's intensive care unit has refused admission to a critically ill child; and for what reasons.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 1 December 1993]: This information is not held centrally.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what number and percentage of children receiving intensive care were cared for in(a) children's wards, (b) adult intensive care units and (c) children's intensive care units.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 1 December 1993]: The number of children receiving intensive care in children's wards is not available centrally.
The number of children aged zero to 14 years receiving care in adult intensive care units in general hospitals in 1992 was 138 or 21.5 per cent. of all children in the age group receiving care in an intensive care unit.
Intensive care units provided specially for children are not identifiable centrally except in children's hospitals. The number of children receiving care in intensive care units in children's hospitals in 1992 was 503, or 78.5 per cent. of all children in the age group receiving care in an intensive care unit.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the shortfall of paediatric intensive care unit beds.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 1 December 1993]: Intensive care units provided specially for children are not identifiable centrally, except where they are provided in designated children's hospitals.