- FoI Number
- 2023-241
- Subject
- A & E Admissions
- Date Received
- 25/07/2023
- Request and Response
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Please tell me how many people of the age of 18 or under were admitted to a ward
immediately after attending your health board’s accident and emergency services since July
1, 2021 up to and including July 25, 2023. Please break down your response by location (for
example, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Dr Gray’s, etc), by calendar month, and by cause
(broken bone, asthma, drug overdose, alcohol overdose, etc). Please provide this in excel
spreadsheet format.With regards to the cause then in accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms
that it does not hold the information requested as presenting complaint is recorded as
uncategorised free text.NHS Shetland only has one hospital, the Gilbert Bain Hospital.
Month/Year Number of Under 18s Admitted from A&E 07/2021 14 08/2021 5 09/2021 9 10/2021 4 11/2021 30 12/2021 15 01/2022 7 02/2022 10 03/2022 13 04/2022 9 05/2022 19 06/2022 11 07/2022 7 08/2022 19 09/2022 19 10/2022 19 11/2022 16 12/2022 17 01/2023 15 02/2023 10 03/2023 18 04/2023 15 05/2023 11 06/2023 10 07/2023 13 Please tell me how many people of the age of 18 or under were admitted to a ward
immediately after attending your health board’s accident and emergency services since July
1, 2021 up to and including July 25, 2023, where vaping was listed as one of the factors
leading to their admission to a ward. Can you also please also include the ages of those
admitted? Please break down your response by location (for example, Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary, Dr Gray’s, etc), by calendar month. Please provide this in excel spreadsheet
format.No presenting complaints over this time period mentioned vaping.
