How many (a) surgical and (b) medical beds the Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH) had available in each of the last six months.

Answered Asked by Annabel Goldie Con Lodged 28 Feb 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) surgical and (b) medical beds the Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH) had available in each of the last six months.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 Mar 2003 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table covers the most up to date information held centrally:Average Available Staffed Beds; Inverclyde Royal Hospital; Acute Surgical and Medical Specialties1: Months Ending August 2002 to January 20032 | August | September | October | November | December | January
Acute Surgical | 144 | 140 | 137 | 139 | 151 | 133
General Surgery | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 63
Gynaecology | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10
Ophthalmology | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9
Orthopaedics | 46 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 43
Urology | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8
Acute Medical | 164 | 167 | 172 | 169 | 169 | 186
Dermatology | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3
General Medicine | 121 | 124 | 130 | 127 | 123 | 136
Haematology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
Med. Paediatrics | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19
Rehab. Medicine | 19 | 19 | 18 |

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