Private Hospitals

Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of private hospitals which offered acute/surgical care, the number of beds and the occupancy rate for all facilities offering such care by region in each of the last five years.

Information on occupancy rates is not available centrally; but the remaining information is as follows:patients, and the average daily occupancy of National Health Service pay beds, giving numbers and percentages for each region for each of the last five years.

The information available centrally is given in the following table. Information on deaths and discharges is not available centrally.

Health board

1979–80

1980–81

1981–82

1982–83

1983–84

No. of pay beds^*

Average daily occupancy

No. of pay beds^*

Average daily occupancy

No. of pay beds^*

Average daily occupancy

No. of pay beds^*

Average daily occupancy

No. of pay beds^*

Average daily occupancy

No.

Per cent.

No.

Per cent.

No.

Per cent.

No.

Per cent.

No.

Per cent.

Argyll and Clyde

13

1·3

9·9

13

2·2

16·6

13

7·4

57·2

13

0·6

4·6

13

2·6

19·7

Ayrshire and Arran

12

5·3

43·9

9

3·8

42·5

9

4·0

44·4

11

3·2

29·2

11

4·5

41·0

Forth Valley

5

1·5

29·2

5

2·3

46·1

5

1·7

33·5

5

1·1

21·5

5

1·2

24·9

Grampian

14

5·9

42·2

13

5·4

41·4

13

5·2

40·0

15

4·1

27·1

17

3·0

17·6

Greater Glasgow

41

6·9

16·9

30

3·8

12·5

30

5·6

18·6

30

3·7

12·2

30

0·4

12·8

Highland

3

0·7

22·0

3

0·4

12·1

3

0·5

16·4

4

04

9·9

4

0·7

16·5

Lothian

21

6·9

32·7

16

6·3

39·5

16

7·6

47·7

19

8·2

43·1

19

6·7

35·4

Tayside

5

0·4

8·5

5

0·4

8·6

5

0·6

12·0

11

0·6

5·2

9

1·2

13·1

All Scotland

114

28·0

24·6

94

24·6

26·2

94

32·6

34·7

108

23·4

21·7

108

23·5

21·8

^* No. of authorised pay beds at end of financial year in question

Volume 72: debated on Friday 1 February 1985