Insulin Drugs - FOI Response Register

1. In EACH of the last two financial years (up to March 31, 2025) and so far this financial year (April 1, 2024 onwards), how many patients have been discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of codes Y42.3 or Y42.8?
2. Please break the figures down for each year and for each type of drug.

For clarity, the codes concerned are:

Y42.3 (insulin and oral hypoglycaemic [antidiabetic] drugs)

Y42.8 (Other and unspecified hormones and their synthetic substitutes)

NHS Shetland uses the ICD 10 coding system for inpatients who have been discharged.