Trans Complaints - FOI Response Register

1. The number of instances of discrimination towards service users by NHS Shetland staff members because of their transgender identity each month since January 2017. Please break this information down by month.

1 in 2021

NHS Shetland considers that to provide any more detail would carry a risk of identification and so, 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 instances of NHS Shetland staff members deliberately mis-gendering service users after they have told them their gender identity each month since January 2017. Please break this information down by month.

0

1. The number of instances of NHS Shetland staff revealing an individual’s Trans history or previous name to other people without their consent each month since January 2017. Please break this information down by month.

0