- FoI Number
- 2023-012
- Subject
- Cancelled Operations for Under 18’s
- Date Received
- 06/04/2023
- Request and Response
-
- Please tell me how many operations which were cancelled in
a) 2019
b) 2020
c) 2021
d) 2022
e) 2023 to date, were operations for a person under the age of 18.
Year
Cancellations
2018
2
2019
6
2020
3
2021
2
2022
8
2023 YTD
4
Total
25
Please provide this information broken down by age for each year.
In accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.
Providing a breakdown for individual ages in conjunction with knowing they had a cancelled surgery means that individuals may be identified. Additionally providing breakdowns for specific years in which a cancelled surgery took place even when binned means that individuals may be identified
However please see below binned age breakdown for the overall period in question.
Age
Cancellations
0-4
5
5-9
8
10-14
4
15-17
8
Total
25
