Patients - FOI Response Register

Figures provided are for the number of NHS Shetland patients admitted to the Gilbert Bain, NHS Shetland’s hospital. Please note that many admissions did not have an ethnicity recorded.

1. The total number of patients admitted to hospital between 2016 and 2022 for each of the following ethnicity categories separately:

Scottish (1A)

16245

Other British (1B)

5081

Polish (1L)

56

South Asian (3F, 3G and 3H combined)

51

2. For each of the four following groups separately

NHS Shetland uses the ICD 10 coding system. Figures provided are for the number of inpatients where the given ICD 10 code was listed as Main Condition or Other Condition.

NHS Shetland uses the OPCS4 coding system. Figures provided are for the number of inpatients where the given OPCS4 code was listed as Main Operation or Other Operation.

Ulcerative colitis

ICD 10: K51

The number with ulcerative colitis who underwent a panproctocolectomy

ICD 10: K51

OPCS4: H04

Crohn’s disease

ICD 10: K50

The number with Crohn’s disease who underwent a hemicolectomy

ICD 10: K50

OPCS4: H06, H07, H09

Where we have given a <5 answer this is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific detail carries a high risk of identifying individuals. As such and 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.