- FoI Number
- 2023-719
- Subject
- Dog Bites
- Date Received
- 21/02/2024
- Request and Response
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- The total number of attendances to A&E departments within this NHS health board because of a dog bite or attack across the last five years. (Please could this data be broken down into the last five years, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21 and 2019-20)
Figures provided are for the number of A&E Presenting Complaint’s that mention the word dog.
Year
Attendances
2016-17
14
2017-18
33
2018-19
31
2019-20
20
2020-21
17
2021-22
37
2022-23
46
2023-24
41
- The age range of these attendances (please could this be broken down into age categories).
Age
Attendances
0-4
13
5-9
11
10-14
11
15-19
14
20-24
20
25-29
18
30-34
17
35-39
16
40-44
18
45-49
15
50-54
24
55-59
13
60-64
18
65-69
8
70-74
8
>=75
15
- The severity of these attendances (how many of these were minor injuries and how many were classed as more serious instances).
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested as A&E attendances are not coded in this manner.
