- FoI Number
- 2023-690
- Subject
- Treatment and Services
- Date Received
- 07/02/2024
- Request and Response
-
Information provided is regarding the reasons recorded for patients being removed from mental health waiting lists.
- A list of codes or categorical terms that the health board use to record and categorise instances when a patient has stopped using a mental health treatment or service.
Please specify each categorical term or code, and what it means in terms how/why a person has left treatment or finished treatment. For example, patient wanted to stop, patient completed treatment etc.
MH stands for Mental Health
With regards to what each categorical term or code means beyond the above and the information given by the removal reason category itself then in accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
Removal Reasons
Treatment / Procedure Not Required
Other ( R )
Attended / Admitted - Old
GP - Inappropriate Referral
Cancelled by Patient - Take Off List
Transfer To Other Specialty
Recorded in Other System
Did Not Attend - Take Off List
GP - No Response to PFB
Procedure No Longer Required
GP - Did Not Attend
Advice - No Further Action
Transferred To Other Health Board
Private Treatment
MH Inappropriate Referral
Transfer To Other Hospital
GP - Refused Reasonable Offer
MH Refused Reasonable Offer
- A breakdown, by categorical term or code, of instances when a patient has stopped using or has finished mental health treatment in last 6 financial years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 so far).
Could you please also provide this information in calendar years? (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 so far).
Notes:
- Where we have given <5 answers 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.
- For the same reason we have provided figures for financial years only as providing the same figures broken down by both financial year and calendar year increases the risk of singling out individuals from the data, even with the <5 redaction applied.
Removal Reason
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
Advice - No Further Action
<5
<5
5
<5
<5
Attended / Admitted - Old
186
127
103
40
Cancelled by Patient - Take Off List
<5
11
13
9
14
15
5
Did Not Attend - Take Off List
10
46
15
14
6
9
<5
GP - Did Not Attend
5
<5
<5
<5
GP - Inappropriate Referral
6
89
46
45
38
45
51
GP - No Response to PFB
46
<5
6
GP - Refused Reasonable Offer
<5
MH Inappropriate Referral
<5
<5
MH Refused Reasonable Offer
<5
Other ( R )
8
50
80
43
66
19
8
Private Treatment
<5
<5
<5
<5
Procedure No Longer Required
<5
<5
Recorded in Other System
48
61
<5
<5
Transfer To Other Hospital
<5
Transfer To Other Specialty
<5
7
<5
<5
6
5
Transferred To Other Health Board
<5
Treatment / Procedure Not Required
<5
10
80
50
61
35
12
