Referrals from A and E - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2025-086
Subject
Referrals from A and E
Date Received
05/05/2025
Request and Response

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to the number of patients referred for X-Ray and/or MRI scans from your Accident & Emergency (A&E) department, broken down by year, for the past four calendar years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) up to and including 03 May 2025:

  1. The number of patients who presented at A&E and were:
    1. Referred for X-Ray only
    2. Referred for MRI scan
    3. The reason (symptoms) why they were referred to either or both.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.