Mental Health Waits in A & E - FOI Response Register

1.    How many patients presented at your A&E departments with mental ill health (psychiatric, psychological, and/or behavioural disturbances/changes) as the primary issue each year between and including 2019 to 2025? Please include data up to the end of February 2025.

2.    How many patients identified in question 1 waited more than 12 hours for transfer to a bed in a mental health unit after a decision to admit? Please provide year by year data between and including 2019 to 2025, and include data up to the end of February 2025.

3.    How many incidents of physical violence carried out towards staff by all patients were reported each year between and including 2019 to 2025 in your A+E departments?  Please include data up to the end of February 2025.

I would like you to provide the information in the following format: Excel Spreadsheet.  

See attached excel spreadsheet.

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.