§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospital beds there were in each health authority in each of the last seven years; and if he will indicate for each authority and year the number for(a) acute, (b) geriatric, (c) maternity and (d) mental illness or disability cases. [11617]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is given in the table:
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Number of average available staffed beds for all specialties, acute specialties, geriatric long stay, maternity specialties and mental illness and disability, by health board area as at 31 March 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Greater Glasgow 4,773 4,615 4,194 4,036 3,899 3,651 3,581 Highland 734 736 740 743 729 724 796 Lanarkshire 1,698 1,691 1,665 1,632 1,592 1,550 1,526 Lothian 3,043 2,855 2,659 2,577 2,455 2,397 2,300 Orkney 62 62 62 62 97 91 85 Shetland 63 53 49 46 46 46 46 Tayside 1,878 1,862 1,801 1,748 1,622 1,589 1,540 Western Isles 86 87 85 97 103 100 95 Scotland 18,798 18,317 17,580 17,414 16,873 16,360 15,963 Geriatric long stay Argyll and Clyde 746 687 687 688 657 618 601 Ayrshire and Arran 610 623 616 541 490 467 427 Borders 192 189 163 136 137 134 127 Dumfries and Galloway 308 308 309 311 310 263 214 Fife 591 483 572 559 532 464 388 Forth Valley 515 526 486 481 505 506 466 Grampian 1,087 1,088 1,094 794 780 747 721 Greater Glasgow 1,599 1,587 1,554 1,477 1,249 968 840 Highland 392 374 358 347 303 301 206 Lanarkshire 853 820 802 710 684 662 630 Lothian 1,087 1,069 1,016 978 900 894 805 Orkney 51 64 78 57 47 51 50 Shetland 89 87 87 87 86 81 80 Tayside 652 647 635 625 605 590 539 Western Isles 108 75 64 63 51 46 44 Scotland 8,880 8,727 8,522 7,853 7,337 6,790 6,139 Maternity specialties Argyll and Clyde 192 172 179 172 153 137 138 Ayrshire and Arran 156 164 157 145 123 109 105 Borders 39 35 28 28 28 28 28 Dumfries and Galloway 55 54 51 52 44 44 44 Fife 132 131 126 126 96 79 68 Forth Valley 110 107 102 102 94 95 80 Grampian 219 217 216 210 204 202 194 Greater Glasgow 419 392 370 343 313 295 275 Highland 116 103 98 95 93 82 80 Lanarkshire 166 162 164 148 134 124 123 Lothian 271 260 237 220 197 200 195 Orkney 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Shetland 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 Tayside 190 173 163 158 143 131 125 Western Isles 16 16 16 17 18 18 14 Scotland 2,099 2,006 1,925 1,834 1,658 1,563 1,487 Mental illness and disability Argyll and Clyde 1,557 1,488 1,476 1,464 1,356 1,318 1,302 Ayrshire and Arran 898 856 857 869 835 792 739 Borders 287 282 282 275 253 245 232 Dumfries and Galloway 581 529 507 483 476 463 453 Fife 1,345 1,287 1,207 1,042 1,008 987 960 Forth Valley 1,480 1,449 1,394 1,303 1,246 1,148 1,059 Grampian 2,039 1,961 1,835 1,742 1,465 1,322 1,246 Greater Glasgow 4,317 4,079 3,615 3,234 2,878 2,658 2,371 Highland 679 657 632 601 531 497 451 Lanarkshire 1,855 1,860 1,777 1,590 1,414 1,278 1,213 Lothian 2,642 2,499 2,445 2,273 2,095 2,091 2,003 Orkney — — — 13 — — 4 Shetland — — — — — — — Tayside 1,743 1,616 1,579 1,442 1,345 1,258 1,214 Western Isles 3 27 25 39 52 51 48 Scotland 19,427 18,598 17,631 16,368 14,952 14,106 13,295