FoI Number
2025-081
Subject
Induction
Date Received
01/05/2025
Request and Response
  1. Please provide me with the longest time someone has had to wait between being booked in for a birth induction and the induction taking place, where any delay is due to a shortage in staff
  2. Please provide me with the number of people who have had to be transferred to a hospital for an induction due to a shortage in staff.

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

This is not applicable to NHS Shetland.  NHS Shetland only induce low risk women and they are given a date, which we stick to.