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Mr. Ernie Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many geriatric beds are available in each health board area; and what is the waiting list in each area.
Mr. Fairgrieve
The information is set out in the table below:
Health board | Geriatric beds* at 31 March 1979 | Number on waiting list at 31 March 1979 |
Argyll and Clyde | 995 | 155 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 628 | — |
Borders | 229 | 80 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 282 | 27 |
Fife | 498 | 190 |
Forth Valley | 552 | 194 |
Grampain | 824 | 39 |
Greater Glasgow | 2,325 | 269 |
Highland | 406 | 75 |
Lanarkshire | 1,164 | 217 |
Lothian | 1,448 | 251 |
Orkney | 51 | 43 |
Shetland | 87 | — |
Tayside | 902 | 105 |
Western Isles | 92 | 14 |
10,483 | 1,659 | |
* Bed complement figures in NHS hospitals, joint user hospitals and institutions with which health boards have contractual arrangements. |