Written Question · S1W-21205 · Session 1
Whether in 1999 staffed bed rates in (a) all acute specialities and (b) acute surgical specialities in Lothian Health Board hospitals were …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether in 1999 staffed bed rates in (a) all acute specialities and (b) acute surgical specialities in Lothian Health Board hospitals were below the national averages and, if so, by how much expressed as a percentage.
The answer
The following table shows the number of beds per 1,000 population in each health board area in 1999. It is not meaningful to make comparisons between individual boards, because these figures do not take account of differences in the underlying healthcare needs of the population living in different health board areas, nor do they take account of the extent to which hospitals in one area may treat patients from neighbouring health board areas.Table 1NHSiS
- Average available staffed beds1; by health board of treatment; Year ending 31 December 1999, rate per 1,000 population | Acute Specialties2 | Acute Surgical Specialties
Scotland | 3.3 | 1.3
Argyll & Clyde | 3.1 | 1.1
Ayrshire & Arran | 2.9 | 1.1
Borders | 2.6 | 1.0
Dumfries & Galloway | 2.6 | 1.1
Fife | 2.3 | 0.8
Forth Valley | 2.7 | 1.1
Grampian | 3.2 | 1.4
Greater Glasgow | 4.5 | 1.8
Highland | 3.7 |
- Average available staffed beds1; by health board of treatment; Year ending 31 December 1999, rate per 1,000 population | Acute Specialties2 | Acute Surgical Specialties
Scotland | 3.3 | 1.3
Argyll & Clyde | 3.1 | 1.1
Ayrshire & Arran | 2.9 | 1.1
Borders | 2.6 | 1.0
Dumfries & Galloway | 2.6 | 1.1
Fife | 2.3 | 0.8
Forth Valley | 2.7 | 1.1
Grampian | 3.2 | 1.4
Greater Glasgow | 4.5 | 1.8
Highland | 3.7 |
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-21205 by reference.