§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of staffed beds projected in the published Lothian health acute strategy for(a) all hospitals in the Lothian health board area, (b) the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh trust and (c) the West Lothian NHS trust. [12748]
§ Mr. GalbraithLothian health board's 1993 public consultation document on the acute services strategy indicated that following implementation of the proposals there were expected to be 2,042 acute hospital beds—excluding obstetrics, special care baby unit, geriatric assessment and elderly continuing care beds—within the new royal infirmary, Western general and St. John's hospitals.
Total projected bed numbers—excluding only continuing care elderly beds—for the new royal infirmary and St. John's hospital were 942 and 654 respectively.
Since consultation, Lothian health board has continued to refine and revise its plans in consultation with the trusts, and relevant clinicians.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of staffed beds by specialty for the latest date for which information is available for(a) all hospitals in the Lothian health board area, (b) the Royal infirmary of Edinburgh trust and (c) the West Lothian NHS trust. [12747]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe information is set out in the table.
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NHSIS—Average available staffed beds; Lothian Health area: Quarter ending 30 June 19971 Lothian Health area Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS trust West Lothian NHS trust All specialties 4,928 1,027 842 General Medicine 407 146 101 Cardiology 56 35 — Communicable Diseases — — — Dermatology 19 19 — Endocrinology and Diabetes 3 — — Gastroenterology 45 22 2 Geriatric Medicine 1,143 110 161 Medical Oncology 18 — — Medical Paediatrics 115 37 30 Nephrology 33 33 — Neurology 35 — — Rehabilitation Medicine 84 — — Respiratory Medicine 87 56 — Rheumatology 14 — — General Surgery 98 — 56 General Surgery (excluding Vascular) 174 106 — Vascular Surgery 38 38 — Anaesthetics 29 10 4 Cardiothoracic Surgery 33 33 — Thoracic Surgery 26 26 — Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 37 24 6 Neurosurgery 48 — — Ophthalmology 21 20 — Orthopaedics 222 172 38 Plastic Surgery 51 10 32 Surgical Paediatrics 24 — — Urology 60 — 4 Oral Surgery 1 — —
NHSIS—Average available staffed beds; Lothian Health area: Quarter ending 30 June 19971 Lothian Health area Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS trust West Lothian NHS trust Paediatric Dentistry — — — GP Other than Obstetrics 32 — 11 Gynaecology 69 30 17 Obstetrics 164 83 44 General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 643 — 201 Child Psychiatry — — — Adolescent Psychiatry 6 — 6 Forensic Psychiatry 34 — — Psychiatry of Old Age 708 — 123 Learning Disability (Mental Handicap) 252 — — Diagnostic Radiology — — — Clinical Oncology 52 — — Haematology 28 — 4 Unspecified2 19 16 2 1 Provisional 2 Beds allocated as "unspecified" are not allocated to any particular specialty, and are lent to specialties, on demand.