A&E Boarded Out - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2025-110
Subject
A&E Boarded Out
Date Received
15/05/2025
Request and Response

Can I request, broken down by the calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (most recent data):

  1. How many patients admitted to an A&E or Emergency Department have been boarded out to another ward (please note: I do not mean when a patient has been formally transferred to another ward/department)

Nil, within the context of NHS Shetland it is not possible for A&E patients to be boarded out to another ward.