Information Governance
Medical Directorate
NHS Grampian
Rosehill House
Foresterhill Site
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZG
BY EMAIL
Date 8 December 2021
Derek Reid
Our Ref
FOI/2021/726
request-805418-
Enquiries to Information Governance Team
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Dear Mr Reid
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 “I refer to your e-mail dated 11 November 2021, requesting:
Can you supply the following information -
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2018
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2019
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2020
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2021 (year to date)”
I can now respond as follows:
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2018
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2019
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2020
Number of Patients diagnosed with pericarditis in the year - 2021 (year to date)
With regards to all of the above questions, please see the table below:
2021
Description
Main - Secondary
2018
2019
2020
(Jan-Aug)
Acute Pericarditis Main
30
48
48
30
Secondary
26
30
37
27

Other Diseases
Of Pericardium
Main
22
33
18
19
Secondary
68
48
56
35
Please note the data above is for actual admissions rather than the number of patients
diagnosed. Information relating to the number of diagnosed patients is not centrally held in
NHS Grampian and would be held as free text in records. To provide this would be a
manual process; s.12 of the Act refers – Excessive cost of compliance.
Furthermore outpatient referrals are not made for this condition, this would follow after the
initial outpatient appointment, and therefore diagnosis numbers are not held; s.17 of the
Act refers – Information not held.
Under section 20 (1) of the Act, if you are dissatisfied with the way NHS Grampian has
dealt with your request, you have a right to request a review of our actions and decisions
in relation to your request, and you have a right to appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner.
A request for review must be made within 40 working days and should, in the first
instance, be in writing to: Directorate of Corporate Communications, Foresterhill House,
Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZB or by email to
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx
Requests for appeal can be made by using the Scottish Information Commissioner’s online
service a
t www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal or should be made in writing to: Scottish
Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16
9DS Telephone: 01334 464610, Fax: 01334 464611.
If you remain dissatisfied following an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner
your recourse is to the Court of Session on a point of law.
Yours sincerely
Roohi Bains
Information Governance Manager & Deputy DPO
NHS Grampian