Patient Information - FOI Response Register

1.    Over the last year how many people have attended A&E with mental health related issues?

282

Figures provided are for the number of A&E attendances where the Incident Type is "Intentional Self Harm" or "Psychiatric Condition" or where the Presenting Complaint or Diagnosis includes any of the following words:

DSH

Low Mood

CPN

Psychiatry

MH

Manic

Mixed OD

Overdose

Anxiety

Suicide

Suicidal

Harm

Psychiatric

Mental

2.    How many were admitted to hospital and for it to be broken down in how many went to General Medical bed and how many went to Mental Health beds?

99 General Medical Bed

Please note NHS Shetland does not have mental health beds.

3.    How many referrals has been made to all adult mental health services broken down into categories of the different services?

01/01/23 – 31/12/23

Community Mental Health Team (including Psychiatry) – 696

Psychological Services (including Clinical Psychology – 275

Substance Misuse Recovery Service – 81

Dementia and old age Psychiatry - 101

4.    How many of the referrals are put on the waiting list and how many are currently on the waiting list?

Only Psychological services have a waiting list – all referrals are placed on a waiting list.  

5.    What is the longest wait on the waiting list?

63 weeks for Clinical Psychology

6.    How many acute adult mental health beds are available within the area?

Nil – NHS Shetland has a Service Level Agreement with NHS Grampian for the use of MH beds

7.    How many adult mental health practitioners currently work within all services within the health board’s authority?

Community Mental Health Team (including Psychiatry):

2 x Rotational Consultant Psychiatrists (8 weeks rotations)

9 x CPN nurses – 4.5 vacant

2 x support workers – 2 vacant

Psychological Services (including Clinical Psychology) (no vacancies)

4.1x therapists

1 x applied clinical psychologist

1 x Consultant Psychologist - new post holder to start within next few months

Substance Misuse Recovery Service

4 x specialist nurses – 1 x vacancy

3 x support workers

Dementia and old age Psychiatry

3 x specialist nurses – 1 x vacancy

1 x Consultant nurse – 1 x vacancy

8.    How many are on sick leave and how many vacant posts with the adult services?

Zero on sick leave – see question 7 for vacancies

9.    How many referrals has been made to all children and adolescents mental health services broken down into categories of the different services?

In 2023, 94 (CAMHS)

10. How many of the referrals are put on the waiting list and how many are currently on the waiting list for all children and adolescents’ mental health services including for assessment for autism and ADHD?

173 on generic autism wait list (not specific to CAMHS)

Child health hold waitlist for ADHD

11. What is the longest wait on the waiting list for children and adolescents’ mental health services including for assessment for autism and ADHD?

Children and young people’s Autism Pathway - currently the longest waiter has been waiting 23 months for an assessment

12. How many children and adolescents’ mental health beds are available within the area?

Nil

13. How many children’s mental health practitioners currently work within all services within the health board’s authority?

1 x Team Lead

2.7 X CAMHS Nurses

2 x Nurse Therapists

0.25 X Psychologist

0.25 X Psychiatrist

14. How many are on sick leave and how many vacant posts with the adult services.

See response to Q8.