Question reference: S5W-34289
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many daily (a) admissions to and (b) discharges from hospitals there have been in each NHS board area since 1 December 2020.
Answer
Data on admissions into acute hospitals by NHS Board are published monthly by Public Health Scotland on the ‘COVID-19 wider impacts on the health care system dashboard’. The next update will be released 13 January 2021 and will include admissions during December.
This can be accessed at https://scotland.shinyapps.io/phs-covid-wider-impact/.
Data on discharges to 31 December 2020 is scheduled to be published in May 2021 via the Acute Activity publication ( https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/health-services/hospital-care/acute-hospital-activity-and-nhs-beds-information-quarterly )