Information Governance
Medical Directorate
NHS Grampian
Rosehill House
Foresterhill Site
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZG
BY EMAIL
Date 11 November 2021
Derek Reid
Our Ref
FOI/2021/695
request-803187-
Enquiries to Information Governance Team
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Extension 51319
Direct Line 01224 551319
Email
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx
Dear Mr Reid
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your e-mail dated 31 October 2021, requesting:
“Can you please provided the following information -
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2018?
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2019?
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2020?
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2021 (up to latest date)?”
I can now respond as follows:
Can you please provided the following information -
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2018?
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2019?
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2020?
Total number of ICU (intensive care unit) patients for the year 2021 (up to latest
date)?
Please see the table below showing of all ward transactions relating to significant facility
code 13 - ICU. The table shows the number of admissions into an ICU ward and the
number of transfers into an ICU ward where this was not the patients admission ward.
Some patients may be moved in and out of ICU more than once during their hospital stay,
all transfers in have been included.
2018 2019 2020 2021
Number of Admission to an ICU Ward 362 392
684
737
Number transferred to ICU Ward
786 763
985
847
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Yours sincerely
Roohi Bains
Information Governance Manager & Deputy DPO
NHS Grampian
