§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many beds were available in National Health Service trust hospitals in each of the last three years(a) in total and (b) by trust area. [59732]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe number of average available staffed beds in NHS Trust hospitals for each of the last 3 years is given in the following table.
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NHS hospitals1 in Scotland—average available staffed beds by health board area of treatment and NHS trust/directly managed units: years ending 31 March 1996 to 31 March 19983 Years ending 31 March Health board area of treatment/NHS trust/DMUs 1996 1997 19983 Scotland 40,555 38,427 36,679 Argyll & Clyde 3,522 3,472 3,527 Argyll & Bute NHS Trust 620 618 616 Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 364 352 359 Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust 405 391 404 Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1,633 1,628 1,665 Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 500 483 482 Ayrshire & Arran 2,408 2,259 2,233 Ayrshire & Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 945 856 809 North Ayrshire & Arran NHS Trust 877 840 862 South Ayrshire & Arran NHS Trust 586 563 562 Borders 797 771 743 Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust 418 392 379 Borders General Hospital NHS Trust 379 379 364 Dumfries & Galloway 1,183 1,105 1,059 Dumfries & Galloway Acute & Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 469 443 445 Dumfries & Galloway Community Health NHS Trust 714 662 614 Fife 2,322 2,191 2,070 Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 1,517 1,306 1,100 Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 439 424 430 Perth & Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust2 — — 91 Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 366 461 450 Forth Valley 2,349 2,260 2,106 Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust 1,525 1,447 1,305 Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 394 380 377 Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 429 434 425 Grampian 4,276 4,107 3,864 Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 1,425 1,375 1,332 Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 2,414 2,261 2,060 Moray Health Services NHS Trust 437 472 471 Greater Glasgow 8,096 7,592 7,315 Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 1,263 1,233 1,201 Greater Glasgow Community & Mental Health Services NHS Trust 2,364 2,116 2,030 Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 1,066 974 934 Stobhill NHS Trust 784 690 663 The Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 918 877 855 The Yorkhill NHS Trust 397 400 382 West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 1,303 1,305 1,251 Highland 1,614 1,483 1,479 Caithness & Sutherland NHS Trust 226 221 224 Highland Communities NHS Trust 788 677 669 Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 600 585 586
NHS hospitals1 in Scotland—average available staffed beds by health board area of treatment and NHS trust/directly managed units: years ending 31 March 1996 to 31 March 19983 Years ending 31 March Health board area of treatment/NHS trust/DMUs 1996 1997 19983 Lanarkshire 3,733 3,645 3,459 Hairmyres & Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 754 668 640 Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1,689 1,799 1,675 Law Hospital NHS Trust 645 600 564 Monklands & Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust 645 578 579 Lothian 5,998 5,475 4,931 East & Midlothian NHS Trust 1,090 989 914 Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 1,533 1,435 1,362 Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 141 133 132 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 1,432 1,193 1,028 West Lothian NHS Trust 990 928 826 Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 814 797 669 Orkney 150 153 145 Orkney Health Board Unit 150 153 145 Shetland 136 127 116 Shetland Hospitals & Community Services Unit 136 127 116 Tayside 3,720 3,557 3,374 Angus NHS Trust 774 751 731 Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 1,008 991 928 Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 1,047 991 975 Perth & Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust2 891 825 740 Western Isles 250 232 260 Western Isles Health Unit 250 232 260 1Excludes information on NHS beds in joint user contractual hospitals 2Perth & Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust provided services in both Tayside and Fife Health Board areas during 1997–98; this table shows the 2 figures for the Trust, one for each Health Board area 3Provisional