How many neonatal intensive care cots there have been in each NHS board area in each year since 1996-97.

The specific information requested is not held centrally.
Data is collected centrally on beds and activity for neonatal units. A neonatal unit is a facility which provides neonatal special care and/or neonatal intensive care for sick babies. It is not possible to separate the information into care types i.e. intensive and special care. The following table shows the average number of cots available in neonatal units for years ended 31 March 1997 to 2002 by NHS board area.
Average Staffed Beds in Neonatal Units by NHS Board and Financial Year
NHS Board
| 1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99
| 1999-2000
| 2000-01
| 2001-02

Scotland
| 404
| 468
| 418
| 381
| 375
| 351

Ayrshire and Arran
| 25
| 25
| 25
| 25
| 25
| 25

Borders
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 8
| 8

Argyll and Clyde
| 28
| 28
| 28
| 27
| 27
| 28

Fife
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 20

Glasgow
| 94
| *166
| 115
| **79
| 77
| 78

Highland
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 18

Lanarkshire
| 44
| 44
| 44
| 44
| 43
| ***24

Grampian
| 41
| 44
| 44
| 44
| 42
| 41

Lothian
| 60
| 58
| 58
| 59
| 59
| 59

Tayside
| 34
| 34
| 34
| 34
| 25
| 22

Forth Valley
| 25
| 17
| 17
| 17
| 17