- FoI Number
- 2024-656
- Subject
- Absconding Patients
- Date Received
- 27/01/2025
- Request and Response
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- How many patients have absconded from hospitals in your health board area in the years from 2020 to 2024?
Could this be broken down by i) year and ii) hospital.
YEAR
Number of Absconding Patients from Gilbert Bain Hospital
2024
<5
2023
<5
2022
<5
2021
<5
2020
<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. 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.
