HC Deb 11 January 1995 vol 252 cc167-9W
Mr. Etherington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by health board all hospitals with children's wards giving (a) the total number of beds, (b) the total number and percentage of beds available for overnight parental accommodation and (c) the average annual number of overnight stays by parents.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[Holding answer 20 December 1994]: Information on beds in children's wards in all hospitals in Scotland is shown in the table. Information on overnight stays by parents is not held centrally.

National health service hospitals in Scotland average available staffed beds in children's wards1: by health board area of treatment and hospital year ending 30 September 1994
Beds
SCOTLAND 858
Argyll and Clyde 30
Inverclyde Royal hospital 12
Royal Alexandra hospital 18
Ayrshire and Arran 37
Crosshouse hospital 20
The Ayr hospital 17
Borders 13
Borders general hospital 13
Dumfries and Galloway 17
Dumfries and Galloway Royal infirmary 17
Fife 29
Victoria hospital, Kirkcaldy 29
Forth Valley 19
Falkirk and district Royal infirmary 9
Stirling Royal infirmary 10
Grampian 121
Royal Aberdeen children's hospital 121
Greater Glasgow 283
RHSC, Glasgow 283
Highland 33
Raigmore hospital 33
Lanarkshire 246
Law hospital 22
Monklands district general hospital 23
Lothian 167
RHSC, Edinburgh 150
St. John's hospital at Howden 17
Tayside 63
Ninewells hospital 46
Perth Royal infirmary 12
Stracathro hospital 4
1 Comprises all beds in children's hospitals (Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, RHSC Glasgow and RHSC Edinburgh) and paediatric surgery and paediatric medicine beds in all other hospitals in Scotland. Not shown are those hospitals which recorded less than 0.5 average available staffed beds.
2 Health board totals may not compute with individual hospital figures due to the effects of rounding.

Mr. Etherington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by health board all children's hospitals giving(a) the total number of beds, (b) the total number and percentage of beds available for overnight parental accommodation and (c) the average annual number of overnight stays by parents.

Lord James Douglas Hamilton

[holding answer 20 December 1994]: Information on beds in children's hospitals is shown in the table. Information on overnight stays by parents is not held centrally.

National health service hospitals in Scotland average available staffed beds in children's hospitals: by health board area of treatment and hospital year ending 30 September 1994
Scotland 554
Grampian, Royal Aberdeen children's hospital 121
Greater Glasgow, RHSC, Glasgow 283
Lothian, RHSC, Edinburgh 150