- FoI Number
- 2024-792
- Subject
- A & E Mental Health
- Date Received
- 18/03/2025
- Request and Response
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I am looking for information regarding patients attending A&E for mental health reasons. As such, can I request the following for the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (most recent)
- The number of patients, with an age breakdown, who have attended A&E due to mental health reasons?
- The number of patients, with an age breakdown, who have attended A&E due to self-harm or attempted suicide?
- The number of mental health patients, with an age breakdown, who are readmitted through A&E following a recent hospital discharge (within 7 days)?
Where we have given <5 answers and removed totals, 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.