HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 cc746-8W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To 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:

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

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