FoI Number
2023-822
Subject
GPs
Date Received
27/03/2024
Request and Response

Please provide information on the following:

  1. A breakdown of GP practices by:
  2. GP owned premises

 None

  1. Premises leased from Health Board

 One

  1. Premises leased by private landlords

 One

All GP premises are Health Board owned. 9 of the 10 practices are NHS Shetland delivered GP practices. The lease is with Shetland Island Council for a Health Board run practice.

  1. The CEL 35 (2010) outlines Health Boards’ existing obligations regards the surveying of GP premises. Can you provide the outcome, rating or score (whatever terminology is used) from the most recent survey for each GP premises.

Practice

Functional Suitability

Space Utilisation

Quality

Backlog (costs for Condition C or below)

Lerwick

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£73,000

Scalloway

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£29,000

Levenwick

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£41,000

Brae

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£40,000

Bixter

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£10,000

Walls

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£12,000

Yell

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£16,000

Unst

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£16,000

Whalsay

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£23,000

Hillswick – leased back to GP practice

B-95%; C-5%

F-100%

B-95%; C-5%

£17,000

Functional Suitability/ Quality - A=Very satisfactory; B=Satisfactory; C= Not satisfactory; D=Unacceptable.

Space Utilisation – F= fully utilised.

  1. As of 1st March 2024, how many GP premises have not received a survey/inspection in over 5 years?

4 – due summer 2024.