Confectionery - FOI Response Register

1. For the year 2024/2025 how much did your NHS Board spend on sugar-sweetened beverages and confectionery (eg chocolate, biscuits, cakes, sweets etc) for resale to patients, staff and the public?

£29,238

2. For the year 2024/2025 how much did your NHS Board spend on diabetes-related medication, and could you specify, please, the proportion of this expenditure that was related to patients with type 2 diabetes?

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:

Prescribed and Dispensed - Datasets - Scottish Health and Social Care Open Data

NHS Shetland systems do not hold information related to specific type 2 diabetes prescribing of therapeutics used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.