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Mr. Galbraith
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each health board the numbers of acute beds in Scotland.
Mr. Michael Forsyth
The information is set out in the table.
| Average available staffed beds in acute specialties in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland, year ending 30 September 1987 (provisional figures) | |
| Number | |
| Scotland | 17,108 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1,214 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 1,065 |
| Borders | 347 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 444 |
| Fife | 814 |
| Forth Valley | 672 |
| Grampian | 1,692 |
| Greater Glasgow | 3,958 |
| Highland | 695 |
Number
| |
| Lanarkshire | 1,564 |
| Lothian | 2,817 |
| Orkney | 60 |
| Shetland | 60 |
| Tayside | 1,622 |
| Western Isles | 86 |