Children’s Surgery - FOI Response Register

1. Based on your latest figures, please tell us how many children (under 18s) have been waiting over 52 weeks for surgery*?

(*Paediatric surgery and other surgery on children and young people under 18)

Nil, as of the date of the request (10 May 2024)

2. Please tell us the number of children's operations* that were cancelled by the health board for any reason in the calendar year 2022.

(*Children's operations means paediatric surgery and surgery on children and young people under 18 years.)

See response to Q3.

3. Please tell us the number of children's operations* that were cancelled by the health board for any reason in the calendar year 2023.

(*Children's operations means paediatric surgery and surgery on children and young people under 18 years.)

Please note figures provided below for operations cancelled by the health board include cancellations for clinical reasons.

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)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.