Information Governance
Medical Directorate
NHS Grampian
Rosehill House
Foresterhill Site
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZG
BY EMAIL
Date
17 December 2020
Claire Conway
Our Ref
FOI/2020/634
request-705891-
Enquiries to Information Governance Team
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Extension
51319
Direct Line 01224 551319
Email
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx
Dear Ms Conway
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 I refer to your e-mail dated 14 November 2020, requesting:
“Please supply data for the period 01/09/2020 until the date you deal with this request for
Orthopedic Upper Limb Waiting Times for Woodend Hospital. I understand there are two
categories: Urgent and Routine and would request data for both.”
I can now respond as follows:
Please note small numbers have been presented as <5 as providing the exact figures may
identify those patients concerned; s.38(1)(b) of the Act refers – Personal Information
relating to third parties.
Please supply data for the period 01/09/2020 until the date you deal with this request
for Orthopaedic Upper Limb Waiting Times for Woodend Hospital? I understand
there are two categories; Urgent and Routine and would request data for both.
Please see the table below for Orthopaedic Upper Limb Waiting Times at Woodend
Hospital. Please note the data provided is for the period 1 September 2020 - 14 December
2020. The table provides figures for urgent and routine waits, as well as for inpatients and
outpatients.
NHS Grampian can advise that the current outpatient waiting time is approximately 308
days for routine appointments and 91 days for urgent appointments.
Orthopaedic Upper Limb Waiting Times for Outpatients at Woodend Hospital
Urgent
Routine
54 days for 26 patients.
220 days for 165 patients.
Orthopaedic Upper Limb Waiting Times for Inpatients at Woodend Hospital
Urgent
Routine
34 days for <5 patients.
241 days for 31 patients.
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 t
o xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx
Requests for appeal can be made by using the Scottish Information Commissioner’s online
service at
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