Tooth Decay & Agency Staff - FOI Response Register

2023-664

Tooth Decay & Agency Staff

30/01/2024

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

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

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