Dementia Diagnosis Waits - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2023-359
Subject
Dementia Diagnosis Waits
Date Received
14/09/2023
Request and Response
  1. In this Health Board what is the average adjusted period a patient has to wait to be diagnosed with dementia? This would be the period between initial referral to a memory clinic to formal diagnosis. Please provide the data for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

  1. In this Health Board what is the longest adjusted period a patient has to wait to be diagnosed with dementia? This would be the period between initial referral to a memory clinic to formal diagnosis. Please provide the data for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.