FOI 25-189 Paediatric Handovers for 16/17 year olds

Freedom of Information Request

Reference

FOI 25-189 Paediatric Handovers for 16/17 year olds

Request Date

23 Apr 2025

Response Date

29 Apr 2025

Information Requested

 Can you provide how many individual times paramedics have been unable to handover 16 or 17 year olds at each of the following paediatric A&E centres due to their age and them being classed as adults: RHC Glasgow RACH Aberdeen RHCY Edinburgh TCH Dundee

Response

The Scottish Ambulance Service does not record delayed handovers in a way that would allow us to determine if any instance was caused by a patient’s age, it is for this reason we have applied section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information not held.