Plastic Bags - FOI Response Register

1. Are plastic bin liners used on psychiatric inpatient wards run by your Trust?

NHS Shetland do not have any Psychiatric inpatient wards

2. If they are not allowed, when were they prohibited?

N/A

3. How many incidents of inpatient self-harm involving plastic bin liners have there been in the last five years (specifically 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)?
4. How many inpatient deaths involving plastic bin liners have there been in the last five years (specifically 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)?
5. Are other types of plastic bags (i.e. not bin liners) allowed into psychiatric inpatient wards run by your Trust?

NHS Shetland do not have any Psychiatric inpatient wards

6. If they are not allowed, when were they prohibited?

N/A

7. How many incidents of inpatient self-harm involving plastic bags (excluding bin liners counted above) have there been in the last five years (specifically 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)?
8. How many inpatient deaths involving plastic bags (excluding bin liners counted above) have there been in the last five years (specifically 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)?