How many dedicated palliative care inpatient beds there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by acute hospital.

The average available staffed beds for the palliative medicine specialty reported for acute NHS hospitals during the period 2013-14 – 2017-18 is presented in the following table.
Table: Average available staffed beds for palliative medicine, Scotland, 2013/14 to 2017-18
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18p
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
-
0
0
0
0
Arran War Memorial Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Balfour Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Belford Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Borders General Hospital
6
7
7
7
8
Caithness General Hospital
-
-
-
0
0
Dr Gray's Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary
8
8
8
8
9
Forth Valley Royal Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Galloway Community Hospital
0
0
0
0
0
Gilbert Bain Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
0
0
-
-
-
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
0
-
-
-
0
Lorn & Islands Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
New Victoria Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Ninewells Hospital
2
2
2
2
3
Perth Royal Infirmary
10
10
10
10
10
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Queen Margaret Hospital
9
9
9
9
9
Raigmore Hospital
-
-
-
0
-
Royal Alexandra Hospital
0
-
-
-
-
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France
-
-
-
-
-
St John's Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Stobhill Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Stracathro Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
University Hospital Ayr
-
-
-
-
-
University Hospital Crosshouse
-
-
-
-
-
University Hospital Hairmyres
-
-
-
-
-
University Hospital Monklands
-
-
-
-
-
University Hospital Wishaw
-
-
-
-
-
Vale of Leven General Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Victoria Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
West Glasgow
0
0
0
-
-
Western General Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
Western Isles Hospital
-
-
-
-
-
p Provisional
'-' denotes no data
The information is also published on ISD’s website under Hospital Care. https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Hospital-Care/Publications/2018-09-25/Annual-Trends-in-Available-Beds-by-Health-Board-of-Treatment-and-Hospital-Sep18.xlsx (The data can be found on the Beds tab by selecting Palliative Medicine from the Specialty or Specialty group drop down menu. Data found here are for both acute and non-acute hospitals.)