FoI Number
2022-624
Subject
Longest A & E Wait
Date Received
10/01/2023
Request and Response

1.    The longest wait in hours and minutes that a patient had in A&E before being seen in the hospitals under your NHS Board in the past year.

11 hours 6 minutes (amended 14 hours 30 minutes)

2.      A list of each hospital and the longest wait a patient had to make in A&E before being seen.

There is only one hospital in NHS Shetland – the Gilbert Bain Hospital

3.      The median waiting time for all patients in A&E before they are seen

53 minutes (amended 2 hours 9 minutes)