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Written Question · S6W-15533 · Session 6

What the total number of beds available at Portree Hospital has been in each year since 1999.

Answered Asked by Jamie Halcro Johnston Con Lodged 1 Mar 2023

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what the total number of beds available at Portree Hospital has been in each year since 1999.

The answer

Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 Mar 2023 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

A set of data tables for the most recent and historical hospital bed numbers is available in the annual PHS publication, which was released on 27 September 2022. The publications can be found at: 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/
Data is available from financial year 2012-13 to financial year 2021-22. Data is not available as far back as 1999. Data is not yet available for financial year 2022-23.
Hospital beds data is presented in Table 4 – beds data file, and the measure of interest is Average Available Staffed Beds, the indicator is Location of Interest, and you will need to Sub-Filter for All Specialties. The data for Portree Hospital will be listed under NHS Highland. The following table is an excerpt from the dataset which includes the Average Available Staffed Beds for All Locations of Treatment, NHS Highland, and Portree Hospital.
Average Available Staffed Beds
Indicator
2020 Q2
2020 Q3
2020 Q4
2021 Q1
2021 Q2
2021 Q3
2021 Q4p
2022 Q1p
All Locations of Treatment
20084
19827
19991
20155
20158
20193
20434
20570
NHS Highland
943
904
896
939
890
912
941
925
-Portree Hospital
7
6
6
7
7
7
8
10

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-15533 by reference.