Equipment Adverse Incidents - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2023-308
Subject
Equipment Adverse Incidents
Date Received
29/08/2023
Request and Response
  1. The number of adverse incidents caused by faulty equipment in hospitals in your board area in each year since 2018.
Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Number of incidents 9 6 5 10 10 <5

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.

  1. The number of deaths caused by faulty equipment in hospitals in your board area in each year since 2018.

Nil