HC Deb 25 May 1994 vol 244 c201W
19. Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of(a) geriatric and (b) psychogeriatric beds in national health service hospitals in Scotland on the most recent available date; and what were the equivalent numbers for the same date three years previously.

Mr. Stewart

In December 1990 there were 11,341 geriatric assessment and long-stay beds in the NHS in Scotland. At December 1993 there were 10,433 beds. Over the same period the number of psychogeriatric beds increased from 5,875 to 6,036.