[holding answer 18 February 2008]: The information is as follows.
Org. code Description of SHA of treatment Total episodes Q30 North East SHA 85 Q31 North West SHA 387 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber SHA 178 Q33 East Midlands SHA 66 Q34 West Midlands SHA 155 Q35 East of England SHA 73 Q36 London SHA 119 Q37 South East Coast SHA 89 Q38 South Central SHA 63 Q39 South West SHA 125 Total 1,340 Notes: 1. Data quality Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts, and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. Data are also received from a number of Independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 2. FAEs A FAE is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 3. All diagnoses count of mentions These figures represent a count of all mentions of a diagnosis in any of the 14 diagnosis fields in the HES data set. Therefore, if a diagnosis is mentioned in more than one diagnosis field during an episode, all diagnoses are counted. Diagnosis codes used: F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, K70—Alcoholic liver disease; and T51—Toxic effect of alcohol. Source: HES, The Information Centre for health and social care.
[holding answer 18 February 2008]: The following table provides a count of finished admission episodes (FAE) where the primary or secondary diagnosis was alcohol related, for males and females under the age of 18 for years 1997-98 to 2006-07.
Total episodes 1997-98 6,084 1998-99 5,489 1999-2000 6,455 2000-01 6,006 2001-02 6,141 2002-03 5,958 2003-04 6,766 2004-05 7,285 2005-06 8,310 2006-07 8,266 Notes: 1. FAE A FAE is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. All Diagnoses count of Mentions These figures represent a count of all mentions of a diagnosis in any of the 14 diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set. Therefore, if a diagnosis is mentioned in more than one diagnosis field during an episode, all diagnoses are counted. 3. Emergency Admission These are the emergency admission codes to specify in more detail how the patient was admitted to hospital. 21 = Emergency: via Accident and Emergency (A and E) services, including the casualty department of the provider 28 = Emergency: other means, including patients who arrive via the A and E department of another healthcare provider 4. Alcohol Related Diagnoses F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol. T51—Toxic effect of alcohol. K70—Alcoholic liver disease. 5. Data Quality HES are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Source: HES, The Information Centre for health and social care