Planned Treatment Claims - FOI Response Register

I am seeking information on the number of Planned Treatment claims also known as S2 applications made to this health board and the cost of the pay-outs over a 10 year period.

1. How many individual claims were made to this health board between 2014 and the time of this FOI?

<5

2. How many of these individual claims were approved?

<5

3. Can you provide a breakdown of the cost by year? i.e how much money was paid out each year to the successful claimants?

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

4. Can you tell me what medical procedures were behind the claims?

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

Where we have given <5 answers, this is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific information carries a high risk of identifying or disclosing information about 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.