COVID-19 triage plan and criteria
Dear NHS National Services Scotland,
Please provide details of triage plans and the triage criteria which determines which patients would be prioritised in the event that a pandemic scenario, such as the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, results in the hospitalisation of a significant volume of patients with severe symptoms and said volume of patients cannot all be provided with medical attention.
Yours faithfully,
Tim Farrell
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Dear Tim Farrell
Freedom of Information Reference: 2020-000120
I refer to your freedom of information request which we received on 11
March 2020, requesting the following information:
“Please provide details of triage plans and the triage criteria which
determines which patients would be prioritised in the event that a
pandemic scenario, such as the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak,
results in the hospitalisation of a significant volume of patients with
severe symptoms and said volume of patients cannot all be provided with
medical attention. “
I confirm that under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002, a response to your information request will be sent within 20
working days of receipt, i.e. no later than 08 April 2020
Kind regards
David Beattie
Business Systems Administrator
Strategy, Performance and Service Transformation
NHS National Services Scotland
Gyle Square
1 South Gyle Crescent
EH12 9EB
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Dear Mr. Farrell,
Freedom of Information Reference: FOI-2020-000120
I refer to your request of 11^th of March 2020 under the above legislation
for information in relation to the following:
· Please provide details of triage plans and the triage criteria
which determines which patients would be prioritised in the event that a
pandemic scenario, such as the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak,
results in the hospitalisation of a significant volume of patients with
severe symptoms and said volume of patients cannot all be provided with
medical attention.
I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that under Section 17 of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, NHS National Services Scotland
(NSS) does not hold the information you have requested.
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supplying essential services to the rest of the NHS in Scotland including
legal , procurement and blood transfusion services. For more information
on the services we provide please visit our website for more information
by clicking on the following link:
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In order to obtain the information that you have requested we suggest that
you contact the Scottish Government, who are responsible for the whole of
the NHS in Scotland, at the following email address as under the terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 we are unable to transfer
this request on your behalf.
Scottish Government FOI Team: [2][email address]
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Roddy
Roddy Mitchell
Corporate Records & FOI Organisational Lead
NHS National Services Scotland
Gyle Square
Area 107a
1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh, EH12 9EB
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