Rickets - FOI Response Register

1. To ask, in each of the last five years, how many cases have been recorded in your health board area of the disease Rickets?

For data up to the end of 2022 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 25(1) as the information requested is accessible without submitting a request under FOISA s 1(1). The information you have requested is available here:

https://www.nhsshetland.scot/directory-record/2488/disease-rates

NHS Shetland uses the ICD 10 coding system. Figures provided are for the number of inpatients where ICD 10 code E55 was listed as Main Condition or Other Condition.

Please note all patients listed as Rickets were coded as “E55.9 Vitamin D Deficiency Unspecified”.

2. If possible, could this be broken down by approximate age of patient?

Given the already the specific condition and already small numbers, no further breakdown is possible without risking identification of 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.