FoI Number
2023-477
Subject
Vaping
Date Received
07/11/2023
Request and Response
  1. How many hospital admissions there have been for ‘vaping-related-disorders’ each year for the past five years, including 2023.

With regards to data from before financial year 2023/24 then 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 25(1) as the information requested is accessible without submitting a request under FOISA s 1(1). The information you have requested is available here:

https://www.nhsshetland.scot/directory-record/1952/vaping-hospitalisations

With regards to financial year 2023/24 to present, Nil.

  1. Please could you break the figures down by number of under 10s admitted with vaping related disorders, number of under 25s admitted with vaping related disorders and a total number for each year?

See response to Q1