§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many intensive care beds there were in each health board area in each year since 1992. [74519]
§ Mr. GalbraithInformation on the number of intensive care beds in each Health Board area in each year since 1992 is shown in the table.
From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
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NHS in Scotland—intensive care beds1 by health board Years ending 31 March Health Board 1992 1993 1994 1996 19972 19982 1 April to 31 December 19982.3 Argyll and Clyde 4 7 12 13 13 16 26 25 Ayrshire and Arran 7 8 8 8 9 9 11 14 Borders 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 Dumfries and Galloway 8 8 16 14 14 13 13 14 Fife — — 5 6 6 22 22 22 Forth Valley 9 9 9 9 7 11 16 16 Grampian 10 11 10 11 10 25 25 26 Greater Glasgow 77 77 75 75 85 82 112 119 Highland 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 Lanarkshire 37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 Lothian 38 41 41 40 47 46 47 46 Orkney — — — — — — — — Shetland — — — — — — — — Tayside 20 24 28 25 25 27 29 29 Western Isles — — — — — — — — Scotland 219 230 250 247 266 303 353 364 1 Average available staffed beds 2 Due to changes in recording practice, certain figures shown for year ending 31 March 1997 onwards are not fully comparable with those for earlier 3 Provisional Source: ISD, Scotland