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Written Question · S6W-38637 · Session 6

How many babies have been admitted to Wishaw Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; how many of these babies came from othe…

Answered Asked by Davy Russell Lab Lodged 11 Jun 2025

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many babies have been admitted to Wishaw Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; how many of these babies came from other NHS board areas, and what the originating NHS board areas were.

The answer

Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 Jun 2025 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The number of babies who have been recorded in the Scottish Birth Record (SBR) as admitted to Wishaw Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in (a) 2024 was 504 and (b) for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025 was 131.Of these babies the number who were recorded as having an NHS board other than NHS Lanarkshire was (a) in 2024, 31 and (b) for 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025, 21.The NHS boards of residence for these babies included; NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Highland, NHS Lothian, NHS Shetland and NHS Tayside.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-38637 by reference.