FoI Number
2023-775
Subject
Patient Portal
Date Received
11/03/2024
Request and Response
  1. For each of the past five years, how much has the health board spent on developing patient portals?

NHS Shetland does not currently have a patient portal.  Nor has investment been made in implementation/development.

  1. For each of the past five years how many people has the health board employed in e-health/ Digital Health/ IT and what has the annual wage bill been?

8.8 whole time equivalents for the past five years

£625,000 per annum

  1. For each of the past five years, what measurable cost savings have been identified through developing patient centred digital solutions?

No specific data held