FoI Number
2023-664
Subject
Tooth Decay & Agency Staff
Date Received
30/01/2024
Request and Response
  1. Please provide the number of hospital admissions where patients were diagnosed with tooth decay, for each calendar year from 2018 to 2023. Please provide the total number and the number for patients classed as under 18 years old.

NHS Shetland uses the ICD 10 coding system. Figures provided are for the number of inpatients where ICD 10 code K02 Dental Caries was listed as Main Condition or Other Condition.

Year

Admissions

2018

50

2019

59

2020

52

2021

54

2022

58

2023

40

Total

313

 

Age

Admissions

<18

91

>= 18

222

Total

313

  1. Please provide the highest amount paid for a single shift to an agency nurse and an agency doctor, respectively, in the financial year 2022/23. Provide as much detail as possible on the nature of the shift (length, tasks involved).

Rank

Shift Ref

Worker Grade

Specialty

Placement

Pay Gross

Hours

1

D91F0S5/1

Consultant

General Internal Medicine

Agency Direct Employment

£2720.40

22.67

 

Worker Grade Hourly Rate 7.5 hour shift
CPN £58.23 £436.73
  1. Please also provide the total amount spent on agency nurses and doctors in that timeframe, divided by the company providing the service. Please name the agency/company providing the service.

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/us/procurement-information