- FoI Number
- 2025-186
- Subject
- Accidents
- Date Received
- 12/06/2025
- Request and Response
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- How many accidents have been recorded in the Gilbert Bain Hospital in the last five years? I would like the answer broken down by financial year (April to March).
(‘accidents’ refers to patients or visitors who had, for example, slipped while in the hospital)
Financial Year
Number of Accidents in GBH
2020/2021
5
2021/2022
8
2022/2023
<5
2023/2024
<5
2024/2025
<5
Grand Total
23
- List what these accidents were and how many times each kind of incident occurred.
Type of accidents
Number of times of incidents occurred
Another kind of accident
Sharp object injury
Staff injury - Patient related (unintentional contact)
Staff injury - Environmental hazard
Patient handling / hot liquid spill
8
<5
<5
<5
<5
Contact with machinery (staff injury)
<5
Lifting and handling injuries (staff injury)
<5
Other
Equipment/object related
Exposure to harmful substance
Staff injury – fall on same level
6
<5
<5
<5
Struck against (Patient injury)
<5
Struck by object
<5
Grand Total
23
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.
