Hepatitis B and D - FOI Response Register

NHS Shetland does not use the ICD 10 coding system in primary care but does use it in secondary care. So all responses relate only to patients identified in secondary care as having the applicable conditions.

1. a) How many Hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg, ICD 10 codes B18.0 and B18.1) patients do you have registered with the trust?

<5

b) How many of these patients have been seen in the last 12 months?

<5

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

2. How many patients have been registered in the last year with a new diagnosis of chronic HBV (ICD-10 codes B18.0 and B18.1) at the trust?

Nil

3. a) How many HDV patients (ICD 10 code B18.0 - chronic viral hepatitis B with delta agent) do you have registered with the trust?

Nil

b) How many of these patients have been seen in the last 12 months?

Nil

c) How many of these patients have ever been treated with pegylated interferon (PEG IFN)?

N/A