Lothian NHS Board Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place EH1 3EG

Telephone: 0131 536 9000 www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Date: 26/11/2020 Your Ref: Our Ref: 4769

Enquiries to : Richard Mutch Extension: 35687 Direct Line: 0131 465 5687 [email protected] [email protected]

Dear

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – BACKLOG MAINTENANCE

I write in response to your request for information in relation to backlog maintenance within NHS Lothian.

Question:  The size in terms of estimated cost of the current repairs backlog at each hospital within the health board.

Answer: Site Name Total 27,091.16 BELHAVEN HOSPITAL 237,995.14 BELHAVEN HOSPITAL 143,782.98 EDINGTON COTTAGE HOSPITAL 2,578.84 20,487,272.68 WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL 1,627,052.49 WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL 2,235,126.53 2,821,673.59 ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL 2,818,364.43 ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL 1,267,424.57 1,429,263.08 LIBERTON HOSPITAL 209,569.02 LIBERTON HOSPITAL 441,477.45 1,944,980.83 ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL 266,362.80 ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL 825,518.13 ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN 863,468.66

Backlog Maintenance - November 2020

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN 662,327.15 ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN 18,677.34 ST. MICHAELS HOSPITAL 9,408.02 ST. MICHAELS HOSPITAL 24,125.87 ST. MICHAELS HOSPITAL 1,164,395.38 ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL 6,879,018.43 ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL 614,916.61 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION 4,941,345.92

Question:  The proportion of this backlog that is considered to be a) high risk and b) significant risk Answer:

Significant High Total 26,522,347.73 401,249.43 51,963,217.10

I hope the information provided helps with your request.

If you are unhappy with our response to your request, you do have the right to request us to review it. Your request should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter, and we will reply within 20 working days of receipt. If our decision is unchanged following a review and you remain dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months of receipt of our review response. You can do this by using the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office online appeals service at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal. If you remain dissatisfied with the Commissioner’s response you then have the option to appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law.

If you require a review of our decision to be carried out, please write to the FOI Reviewer at the email address at the head of this letter. The review will be undertaken by a Reviewer who was not involved in the original decision-making process.

Backlog Maintenance - November 2020

FOI responses (subject to redaction of personal information) may appear on NHS Lothian’s Freedom of Information website at: http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/YourRights/FOI/Pages/default.aspx

Yours sincerely

PROFESSOR ALEX MCMAHON Executive Director, Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs Executive Lead for REAS and Prison Healthcare Cc: Chief Executive