- FoI Number
- 2024-074
- Subject
- Delayed Discharge Deaths
- Date Received
- 24/04/2024
- Request and Response
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- Please provide, annually, from 2015 to present, the number of patients who died in a facility run by your health board whilst delayed in being discharged.
With regards to pre June 2016 data in accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
See table below
- For each of these years, please also provide the longest delay that had been faced by a patient that died in that year whilst delayed in being discharged.
Year
Delayed Deaths
Longest Delay (Days)
2016
<5
16
2017
<5
7
2018
<5
14
2019
<5
7
2020
<5
6
2021
<5
25
2022
7
16
2023
<5
32
Where we have given <5 answers, this is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific information 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)(d) as the information constitutes part of the health record of a deceased person.
