Hospital visits by Deputy Chief Medical Officer: FOI release

Information requested

A breakdown of hospital visits the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Graham Ellis has done from September 2021 to the present date.

Response

You may find it helpful to note that while Professor Graham Ellis is based in the Scottish Government and is supported by Scottish Government civil servants, ‘The Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Administration’ is designated (at Part 2 of Schedule 1 of FOISA) as a wholly separate public authority from the Scottish Government (‘The Scottish Ministers’ are designated at Part 1 of Schedule 1). Some of the information within the scope of your request may be held by the Scottish Government or elsewhere, rather than by the office of the Chief Medical Officer. Therefore there may be elements of this request to which we cannot respond. If this is the case, we will suggest alternative points of contact. It should also be noted that requests for information submitted under FOISA cannot be transferred from one authority to another, therefore we cannot ask the Scottish Government, on your behalf, to respond.

In response to your request please find below the information sought.

  DCMO Hospital Visits for FOI from September 2021 –

Year	Month	Visit
2022	August	NHS Ayrshire & Arran – University Hospital Crosshouse
2022	August	NHS Orkney – Balfour Hospital
2022	September	NHS Western Isles – Western Isles Hospital
2022	October	NHS Forth Valley – Forth Valley Royal Hospital
2023	February	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde -Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
2023	September	NHS Lanarkshire – University Hospital Monklands
2024	August	NHS Grampian – Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
2024	December	NHS Borders – Borders General Hospital
2025	February	NHS Lanarkshire - University Hospital Monklands

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