How many community hospitals there have been in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board, and what projections it has made in …

Answered Asked by David Davidson Con Lodged 14 Mar 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community hospitals there have been in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board, and what projections it has made in respect of the number of community hospitals there will be in the next three years.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 Apr 2005 · 30 days after it was lodged, on time

NHS Quality Improvement Scotland undertook a “stocktake” of community hospitals in Summer 2004. NHS boards were asked to identify community hospitals which fitted into a specific definition. A total of 100 community hospitals, including wards in general hospitals, were identified and are listed in the following table. Prior to this stocktake no data were held on the number of community hospitals in Scotland.
No projections on the number of community hospitals in the next three years have currently been made.
NHS Board
| Number of Community Hospitals (including wards in general hospitals)

Ayrshire and Arran
| 5

Argyll and Clyde
| 7

Borders
| 8

Dumfries and Galloway
| 10

Fife
| 4

Forth Valley
| 5

Grampian
| 19

Highland
| 15

Lanarkshire
| 4

Lothian
| 11

Tayside
| 10

Western Isles
| 2

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-15241 by reference.