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Written Question · S2W-04900 · Session 2

How many beds are assigned to paediatric services in each NHS board area, broken down by hospital and detailing any specialisms in paediatr…

Answered Asked by Fergus Ewing SNP Lodged 10 Dec 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds are assigned to paediatric services in each NHS board area, broken down by hospital and detailing any specialisms in paediatric medicine assigned to those beds.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 Jan 2004 · 34 days after it was lodged, on time

Information on averageavailable staffed medical and surgical paediatric beds for the year ending 31 March 2003 isshown in Table 1.
The information forspecialisms in paediatric medicine assigned to those beds is not heldcentrally.
Table 1: NHSiS
- Average AvailableStaffed Beds; by Health Board Area and Location: Year Ending 31 March 2003 (Provisional)
Area
| Medical Paediatrics
| Surgical Paediatrics

Scotland
| 738
| 125

Argyll and Clyde
| 59
|
-

Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Vale of Leven District General Hospital
| 19
|
-

34
|
-

6
|
-

Ayrshire and Arran
| 62
|
-

Ayrshire Central Hospital
Crosshouse Hospital
The Ayr Hospital
| 25
|
-

26
|
-

11
|
-

Borders
| 17
|
-

Borders General Hospital
| 17
|
-

Dumfries and Galloway
| 14
| 8

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
| 14
| 8

Fife
| 48
| 2

Forth Park Hospital
| 20
|
-

Victoria Hospital
| 28
| 2

Forth Valley
| 48
|
-

Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary
| 14
|
-

Stirling Royal Infirmary
| 34
|
-

Grampian
| 78
| 18

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
| 38
|
-

Dr Gray's Hospital
| 7
| 4

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
| 33
| 13

Greater Glasgow
| 142
| 71

Queen Mother's Hospital
| 28
|
-

Royal Hospital for Sick Children
| 64
| 71

Southern General Hospital
| 16
|

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