How many hospital beds, including acute beds and other beds, there have been in each financial year in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-2…

Answered Asked by Jackie Baillie Lab Lodged 10 Oct 2022

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital beds, including acute beds and other beds, there have been in each financial year in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21, (d) 2021-22 and (e) 2022-23.

The answer

Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 Nov 2022 · 29 days after it was lodged, 1 day after it was due

The latest statistics on average number of available, staffed hospital beds, including for acute specialties, is published in ‘Table 4
- beds.xlsx’ within Public Health Scotland’s annual acute hospital activity and NHS beds publication (available under the ‘Data files’ heading on this Public Health Scotland web page: https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/acute-hospital-activity-and-nhs-beds-information-annual/acute-hospital-activity-and-nhs-beds-information-annual-annual-year-ending-31-march-2022/ ).

In the Official Report

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