A and E Waits and Deaths - FOI Response Register

1. The number of people who have died after waiting more than four hours in A&E within your health board over the past five years (2019-20 and 2023-24), broken down by year.

Where we have given <5 answers and removed the total, 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)(d) as the information constitutes the health record of a deceased person.

2. The number of people who have waited more than four hours in A&E within your health board over the past five years (2019-20 and 2023-24), broken down by year.

3. The longest recorded waiting time for a patient in A&E for each of the past five years (2019-20 and 2023-24).