- FoI Number
- 2023-322
- Subject
- Orthopaedic Wait Lists
- Date Received
- 06/09/2023
- Request and Response
-
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act.
I would like to request the following information:
- The number of patients on surgical paediatric orthopaedic inpatient and outpatient waiting lists, at year end, for each of the last five financial years by both length of wait and clinical priority.
The tables below detail the waiting times that patients had on the paediatric orthopaedic waiting list prior to the procedure being carried out. This is based on the year that the procedure was done. Please note that the patient management system does not record what the waiting time would have been at some point in the past (e.g. at year end) – it either records the current waiting time or, for completed procedures, the length of wait before the procedure was carried out.
All had a routine priority.
Inpatients
Bandings
2018/2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
9-12 weeks
0
0
0
<5
0
21-24 weeks
0
0
0
<5
0
25-28 weeks
0
<5
<5
0
0
33-36 weeks
0
0
0
<5
0
37-40 weeks
0
<5
0
0
0
45-48 weeks
0
0
0
<5
0
49-52 weeks
0
<5
<5
0
0
Total
0
<5
<5
<10
0
Outpatients
Bandings
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
0-4 weeks
0
0
0
0
<5
5-8 weeks
<5
0
0
<5
<5
9-12 weeks
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
13-16 weeks
<5
0
0
0
0
21-24 weeks
0
0
0
0
<5
33-36 weeks
0
0
0
0
<5
37-40 weeks
0
<5
0
0
0
61-64 weeks
0
0
<5
0
0
Total
<10
<10
<5
<5
<10
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.
- The WTE number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons employed by NHS Shetland in each of the last five financial years.
ZERO
