FoI Number
2023-351
Subject
Mental Health Nurses
Date Received
12/09/2023
Request and Response
  1. How many community mental health nurses in your board were absent due to mental health issues (including stress) in the financial year 2022-23?

Please see table below.

  1. Please also provide this information for the four financial years prior.

Year

Number of individuals

2022-23

5

2021-22

<5

2020-21

<5

2019-20

<5

2018-19

0

Note: if someone was absent on more than one occasion in the year or was absent from more than one post they are only counted once.

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.