HC Deb 26 October 1993 vol 230 cc625-8W
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients have been treated since the start of the Scottish Office national programme for the rehabilitation of the brain-injured at each of the three nationally designated brain injury units at Mondarstown castle, the Astley Ainslie hospital and the Royal Edinburgh hospital; what is the breakdown of patients from each referring health board for each unit; if he will list for each health board the total number of patients who have used the service since it started; and if he will express these numbers as a ratio per 100,000 of the population in the health board area.

Mr. Stewart

The information is not available in the form requested. The following table, based on 1992 figures, shows the number of patient weeks for which a central subsidy was paid to each individual health board. This is also shown as a percentage of overall occupancy at the unit concerned. The final column shows the proportion of patients originating in each health board area as a percentage of total patients in the three units.

area where samples have been taken to test for the incidence of paralytic shellfish poisoning between 1 January and 30 September.

Mr. Lang

The information from commencement of the annual sampling programme in April 1993 is set out in the table. The frequencies are normally weekly or fortnightly as indicated. However, when test results indicate that PSP toxins are present at a significant level the frequency of sampling is increased in the areas concerned.

Site name Island or district council Frequency of sampling
1. Eyemouth, St. Abbs Berwickshire Fortnightly
2. Musselburgh East Lothian Fortnightly
3. Elie; Pittenweem North East Fife Weekly
4. Eden Estuary North East Fife Fortnightly
5. Montrose Angus Fortnightly
6. Aberdeen Aberdeen Weekly
7. Fraserburgh Banff and Buchan Fortnightly
8. Banff Banff and Buchan Weekly
9. Lossiemouth; Burghead Moray Fortnightly
10. Tain Ross and Cromarty Weekly
111. Moray Firth Scallop Grounds Moray Weekly
12. Wick Caithness Fortnightly
13. East Orkney Scallop Grounds Orkney Weekly
14. South Scapa Flow Orkney Fortnightly
15. North Scapa Flow Orkney Weekly
16. Kirkwall Orkney Weekly
17. Stronsay Orkney Fortnightly
18. Sanday Orkney Fortnightly
19. Westray Orkney Fortnightly
20. South East Shetland Shetland Fortnightly
21. North East Shetland Shetland Fortnightly
22. North West Shetland Shetland Fortnightly
23. South West Shetland Shetland Fortnightly
24. Kyle of Tongue Sutherland Fortnightly
25. Kinlochbervie Sutherland Fortnightly
26. Lochinver Sutherland Weekly
27. Ullapool Ross and Cromarty Fortnightly
28. Little Loch Broom Ross and Cromarty Weekly
29. Loch Ewe Ross and Cromarty Weekly
230. North Minch Scallop Grounds Ross and Cromarty Fortnightly
31. Stornoway; Loch Erisort Western Isles Fortnightly
32. West Lewis Western Isles Fortnightly
33. North Uist Western Isles Fortnightly
34. South Uist; Loch Boisdale Western Isles Fortnightly
35. Loch Dunvegan Skye and Lochalsh Weekly
36. Loch Harport Skye and Lochalsh Fortnightly
37. Loch Eishort Skye and Lochalsh Weekly
38. Scalpay Skye and Lochalsh Weekly
39. Portree Skye and Lochalsh Fortnightly
40. Loch Torridon Skye and Lochalsh Weekly
41. Loch Kishorn Skye and Lochalsh Weekly
42. Loch Hourn Skye and Lochalsh Weekly
43. Mallaig Lochaber Fortnightly
344. South Minch Scallop Grounds Lochaber Fortnightly
45. Ardtoe Lochaber Weekly
46. Loch Sunart; Loch Teacuis Lochaber Fortnightly
47. Isle of Ulva Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
48. Loch Spelve Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
49. Oban; Loch Etive Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
50. Loch Leven Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
51. Loch Melfort Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
52. Islay Scallop Grounds Argyll and Bute Weekly
53. Loch Sween Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
54. West Loch Tarbert Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
55. Campbeltown Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
56. Tarbert Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
57. Upper Loch Fyne Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
58. Kyles of Bute Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
59. Loch Striven Argyll and Bute Fortnightly
60. Cumbrae Cunninghame Fortnightly
61. Ayr Kyle and Carrick Fortnightly
62. Loch Ryan Wigtown Fortnightly
63. Luce Bay Wigtown Fortnightly
64. Solway Cockle Beds Nithsdale Fortnightly
65. Kirkcudbright Stewartry Fortnightly

1 11. Moray Firth Scallop Grounds—Also bordered by Banff and Buchan, Nairn, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness.
2 30. North Minch Scallop Grounds—Also bordered by Sutherland, Western Isles, Skye and Lochalsh.
3 44. South Minch Scallop Grounds—Also bordered by Skye and Lochalsh, Western Isles, Argyll and Bute.

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