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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 2A3 NHS hospitals1, bed use summary (inpatients), year ending 31 March 1997 |
Bed2 complement |
Average available staffed beds |
Inpatient3 Discharges |
Mean stay (days) |
Occupancy (per cent) |
Inpatient Waiting list4 |
Day cases |
New out- patients5 |
Outpatient attend- ances6 |
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| All specialties | 41,736 |
38,427 |
964,791 |
11.7 |
80.3 |
47,717 |
384,260 |
2,675,025 |
6,271,570 |
| Acute surgical | 7,545 |
7,138 |
374,735 |
4.9 |
69.8 |
43,917 |
207,155 |
736,543 |
2,070,453 |
| Acute medical | 6,189 |
6,018 |
309,095 |
5.7 |
80.5 |
2,167 |
106,685 |
314,631 |
1,508,746 |
| Dental | 58 |
72 |
7,176 |
2.1 |
57.7 |
1,240 |
21,301 |
112,157 |
411,543 |
| GP other than Obstetrics | 1,154 |
1,084 |
20,642 |
14.4 |
75.4 |
24 |
330 |
6,389 |
13,249 |
| Obstetrics | 1,540 |
1,400 |
99,618 |
3.0 |
58.0 |
- |
32,714 |
61,515 |
270,702 |
| Geriatric assessment | 3,378 |
3,452 |
42,515 |
26.3 |
88.6 |
64 |
76 |
11,832 |
32,241 |
| Geriatric long stay | 6,512 |
5,700 |
10,845 |
162.0 |
84.4 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
| Psychiatric | 10,099 |
9,252 |
33,374 |
88.0 |
86.9 |
37 |
2,045 |
58,609 |
310,998 |
| Learning disabilities | 3,840 |
3,073 |
4,732 |
209.1 |
88.2 |
1 |
- |
923 |
8,256 |
| Other specialties | 1,421 |
1,237 |
62,059 |
4.4 |
61.0 |
267 |
13,950 |
1,372,426 |
1,645,382 |
Source: ISD Scotland, Common Services Agency |
| 1 Excludes NHS activity in joint-user and contractual hospitals. |
| 2 At 31 March 1997. |
| 3 Comprises discharges, deaths, transfers out of hospital, and transfers between specialties within same hospital. |
| Excludes transfers for medical reasons between consultants within the same specialty. |
| 4 As at 31 March 1997. Inpatient true waiting list - excludes day case waiting lists, and repeat and deferred waiting lists. |
| 5 At consultant clinics. Includes accident & emergency and genito-urinary medicine. |
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