Dementia - FOI Response Register

1. Delayed discharges

• a. Broken down by month, provide the number of people with dementia experiencing delayed discharge from January 2018 up to July 2023.
• b. For the same period, list the number of beds occupied by patients with dementia who are experiencing a delay in discharge.
• c. Can you provide a time range of the delays being experienced by dementia patients - from the shortest delay within the health board to the longest wait?

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested as dementia status is not held against delayed discharge information.

2. Diagnosis time scale

• a. Please provide the number of dementia referrals within the health board from January 2018 up to July 2023 broken down by year. 

2018 – 79

2019 – 64

2020 – 85

2021 – 80

2022 – 98

2023 to end June – 38.

• b. For each year in that timespan, please provide the average waiting times between the referral and diagnosis with dementia.

Average waiting time is 8 – 12 weeks

3. Admiral nurses

• a. Please list the number of Admiral Nurses, specialising in dementia care, in the health board.

NHS Shetland do not employ Admiral Nurses

• b. Provide the average number of patients cared for by an individual Admiral Nurse within the health board. If historic data is kept by the health board, please also provide a year-on-year breakdown from 2018 of point 3.a and 3.b.

N/A

4. Telecare

NHS Shetland haven’t deployed any digital services for use by Dementia Patients

• a. Could you please provide the number of emergency callouts in relation to Technology Enabled Care services from January 2018 up to July 2023 broken down by month?
• b. If the information is held, please provide the figures of those callouts which were linked to a Technology Enabled Care services user with dementia.