Breakdown of hospital visits by the Chief Medical Officer: FOI release

Information requested

A breakdown of hospital visits the Chief Medical Officer Gregor Smith has done from December 2020 to the present date.

Response

You may find it helpful to note that while Professor Sir Gregor Smith 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.

CMO Hospital Visits for FOI from December 2020 -

Year	Month	Visit
2020	Nil	Nil
2021	Nil	Nil
2022	August	NHS Golden Jubilee - Golden Jubilee, Glasgow
2022	December	NHS Grampian - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
2022	December	NHS Highland - Raigmore Hospital
2022	December	NHS Lanarkshire - University Hospital Hairmyres
2023	Nil	Nil
2024	April	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - Royal Hospital for Children
2025	January	NHS Lothian - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

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