Information on averageavailable staffed medical and surgical paediatric beds for the year ending 31 March 2003 isshown in Table 1.The information forspecialisms in paediatric medicine assigned to those beds is not heldcentrally.Table 1: NHSiS - Average AvailableStaffed Beds; by Health Board Area and Location: Year Ending 31 March 2003 (Provisional) Area Medical Paediatrics Surgical Paediatrics Scotland 738 125 Argyll and Clyde 59 - Inverclyde Royal Hospital Royal Alexandra Hospital Vale of Leven District General Hospital 19 - 34 - 6 - Ayrshire and Arran 62 - Ayrshire Central Hospital Crosshouse Hospital The Ayr Hospital 25 - 26...