Community Care Scotland 1997 Section 2 page 7

Community Care, Scotland 1997

Table 2.7 NHS Hospitals - Average available staffed beds; Geriatric Long Stay; by Health Board area

of treatment 1980-97^{(1) (2)}

Health Board	1980	1985	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1997 rate per 1,000 pop 65+
Borders	172	181	184	192	192	189	163	136	137	134	127	119	6.0
Central (Forth Valley)	488	532	538	547	515	526	486	481	505	506	466	457	11.2
Dumfries & Galloway	234	273	299	307	308	308	309	311	310	263	214	200	7.4
Fife	396	556	588	592	591	583	572	559	532	464	388	336	6.1
Grampian	560	758	799	1,082	1,087	1,088	1,094	794	780	747	721	709	9.4
Highland	352	363	407	395	392	374	358	347	303	301	206	147	4.5
Lothian	978	1,128	1,097	1,103	1,087	1,069	1,016	978	900	894	805	656	5.9
Strathclyde
-Argyll & Clyde	836	835	774	770	746	687	687	688	657	618	601	588	8.9
-Ayrshire & Arran	517	601	596	608	610	623	616	541	490	467	427	332	5.4
-Greater Glasgow	1,067	1,530	1,579	1,616	1,599	1,587	1,554	1,477	1,249	968	840	668	4.8
-Lanarkshire	774	771	801	789	853	820	802	710	684	662	630	632	8.4
Tayside	516	587	642	649	652	647	635	625	605	590	539	484	7.1
Orkney	51	51	51	51	51	64	78	57	47	51	50	38	12.0
Shetland	87	85	87	87	89	87	87	87	86	81	80	60	20.3
Western Isles	78	81	93	108	108	75	64	63	51	46	44	27	5.2

Scotland	7,196	8,332	8,535	8,896	8,880	8,727	8,522	7,853	7,337	6,790	6,139	5,452	7.0

Source: Scottish Health Service, Information & Statistics Division

(1) Rates shown are based on health board area of residence population. Figures therefore do not take account of cross-border flows of patients and should be treated with caution.

(2) Years ending 31 March. Figures exclude NHS beds in Joint-user and Contractual Hospitals.