§ Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many acute beds there were in each health board area in Scotland in each year since 1989–90. [12047]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is in the table.
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Average available staffed beds in acute specialities1 as at 31 March 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Argyll and Clyde 1,346 1,315 1,286 1,248 1,204 1,188 1,140 Ayrshire and Arran 1,157 1,138 1,152 1,136 1,107 1,075 971 Borders 347 349 354 354 348 335 336 Dumfries and Galloway 444 447 435 419 406 405 416 Fife 876 863 851 800 791 774 754 Forth Valley 637 625 605 600 588 592 573 Grampian 1,653 1,618 1,640 1,918 1,885 1,843 1,804 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 1 Includes acute, supra-area and special categories specialty groups. Excludes obstetrics.