How many hospital beds there are in each health board area per 1,000 head of population.

Answered Asked by Christine Grahame SNP Lodged 25 Jun 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital beds there are in each health board area per 1,000 head of population.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 Jul 2004 · 26 days after it was lodged, on time

Information on average available staffed beds, rate per 1,000 population in each NHS board area for the year ending 31 March 2004 is shown in the table below.
NHSScotland
- Average Available Staffed Beds, Rate Per 1,000 Population1,2; by Health Board Area: Year Ending 31 March 2004P
Scotland
| 5.9

Argyll and Clyde
| 6.5

Ayrshire and Arran
| 5.6

Borders
| 6.1

Dumfries and Galloway3
| 5.6

Fife
| 5.0

Forth Valley
| 4.9

Grampian3
| 6.0

Greater Glasgow
| 7.1

Highland
| 6.1

Lanarkshire
| 5.4

Lothian
| 5.4

Orkney
| 4.9

Shetland
| 4.6

Tayside
| 6.4

Western Isles
| 8.7

Source: ISD Scotland [FormISD(S)1].
PProvisional.
Notes:
1. Includes joint-user and contractual hospitals.
2. Crude rates per 1,000 mid-year population forecast at 30 June 2003. These figures should be considered with caution as they take no account of cross boundary flow, ie, beds will not necessarily serve only the local population.
3. Some information is estimated.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-09383 by reference.