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Written Question · S1W-28405 · Session 1

What the bed occupancy rates were at acute hospitals in each of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) medi…

Answered Asked by Phil Gallie Con Lodged 14 Aug 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the bed occupancy rates were at acute hospitals in each of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) medical and (b) surgical.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 Sep 2002 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table gives the percentage bed occupancy in acute trusts. The percentage bed occupancy for acute surgical specialties and acute medical specialties is also given for each trust. The year ending March 2002 data is provisional.NHSiS
- Bed Occupancy1; by NHS Trust of Treatment2,3; Acute Surgical and Medical Specialities: Year Ending 31 March | 2001 | 2002P
Scotland | 78 | 78
Acute Surgical | 74 | 73
Acute Medical | 83 | 82
Argyll and Clyde Acute | 80 | 80
Acute Surgical | 73 | 73
Acute Medical | 86 | 86
Ayrshire and Arran Acute | 80 | 79
Acute Surgical | 75 | 74
Acute Medical | 85 | 84
Borders Acute | 75 | 75
Acute Surgical | 70 | 71
Acute Medical | 79 | 77
Dumfries and Galloway Acute | 71 | 72
Acute Surgical | 64 | 65
Acute Medical | 78 | 78
Fife Acute Hospitals | 82 | 79
Acute Surgical | 78 | 75
Acute Medical | 84 | 83
Forth Valley Acute | 74 | 72
Acute Surgical | 71 | 71
Acute Medical | 78 | 74
Grampian University Hospitals | 78 | 78
Acute Surgical | 73 | 73
Acute Medical | 83 | 84
Highland Acute |

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