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Drugs: Misuse

Volume 504: debated on Tuesday 26 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of 18 were admitted to hospital with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs in each strategic health authority in each of the last five years. (312633)

The information requested is in the following tables.

These data include admissions in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector. These data are not a count of ‘people’ as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion with one of the specified diagnosis codes. Those admitted with a primary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs, may also have had an additional secondary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs.

Count of finished admission episodes where ‘poisoning by drugs’ was coded in a primary diagnosis field or any secondary diagnosis field, for those aged under 18 by strategic health authority (SHA) of residence for the years 2006-07 to 2008-09.

2008-09

2007-08

2006-07

SHA code

SHA of residence description

Primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis

Primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis

Primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis

Q30

North-east strategic health authority

1,230

27

1,308

34

1,329

22

Q31

North-west strategic health authority

2,953

67

3,360

111

3,179

118

Q32

Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority

1,872

55

1,959

53

2,001

76

Q33

East midlands strategic health authority

1,523

42

1,654

50

1,508

40

Q34

West midlands strategic health authority

2,045

46

2,131

46

2,165

45

Q35

East of England strategic health authority

1,263

39

1,371

37

1,331

25

Q36

London strategic health authority

1,666

44

1,738

59

1,650

54

Q37

South-east coast strategic health authority

1,366

42

1,380

31

1,246

34

Q38

South-central strategic health authority

1,285

40

1,295

34

1,265

29

Q39

South-west strategic health authority

1,750

34

1,914

54

1822

54

Q99

Wales

62

1

62

1

44

3

S

Scotland

10

0

8

0

7

0

U

England—not otherwise specified

43

1

49

0

41

2

X

Foreign (incl. Isle of Man and Channel Islands)

20

2

7

1

15

4

Y

Unknown

81

4

149

12

81

9

Z

Northern Ireland

0

0

1

0

1

0

Total

17,169

444

18,386

523

17,685

515

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care

Count of finished admission episodes where ‘poisoning by drugs’ was coded in a primary diagnosis field or any secondary diagnosis field, for those aged under 18 by SHA of residence for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06

2005-06

2004-05

SHA code

SHA of residence description

Primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis

Primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis

Q01

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic HA

683

18

627

16

Q02

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic HA

312

9

325

13

Q03

Essex Strategic HA

309

8

255

6

Q04

North West London Strategic HA

325

29

257

10

Q05

North Central London Strategic HA

327

13

293

12

Q06

North East London Strategic HA

426

12

383

15

Q07

South East London Strategic HA

327

7

357

13

Q08

South West London Strategic HA

295

15

249

8

Q09

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic HA

703

11

568

15

Q10

County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic HA

632

9

588

9

Q11

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic HA

604

13

554

19

Q12

West Yorkshire Strategic HA

824

23

877

19

Q13

Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic HA

927

26

819

22

Q14

Greater Manchester Strategic HA

1,241

40

1,016

32

Q15

Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic HA

1,029

29

902

34

Q16

Thames Valley Strategic HA

638

10

590

17

Q17

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic HA

755

25

656

16

Q18

Kent and Medway Strategic HA

540

10

496

8

Q19

Surrey and Sussex Strategic HA

814

22

619

25

Q20

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic HA

905

29

755

23

Q21

South West Peninsula Strategic HA

562

20

531

11

Q22

Dorset and Somerset Strategic HA

467

15

389

10

Q23

South Yorkshire Strategic HA

427

30

381

15

Q24

Trent Strategic HA

907

18

986

23

Q25

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic HA

556

10

464

10

Q26

Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic HA

559

20

542

8

Q27

Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic HA

1,091

25

951

26

Q28

West Midlands South Strategic HA

624

13

499

14

Q99

Wales

53

1

45

4

S

Scotland

6

0

4

0

U

England—not otherwise specified

56

4

45

4

X

Foreign (incl. Isle of Man & Channel Islands)

13

0

19

1

Y

Unknown

82

6

61

16

Z

Northern Ireland

1

0

0

0

Total

18,020

520

16,103

474

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care

The ICD-10 code categories for poisoning (either self-inflicted or accidental), are as follows and include overdose of these substances:

T36: Poisoning by systemic antibiotics

T37: Poisoning by other systemic anti-infectives and antiparasitics

T38: Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified

T39: Poisoning by nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics

T40: Poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens)

T41: Poisoning by anaesthetics and therapeutic gases

T42: Poisoning by antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic and antiparkinsonism drugs

T43: Poisoning by psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified

T44: Poisoning by drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system

T45: Poisoning by primarily systemic and haematological agents, not elsewhere classified

T46: Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system

T47: Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system

T48: Poisoning by agents primarily acting on smooth and skeletal muscles and the respiratory system

T49: Poisoning by topical agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane and by ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological and dental drugs

T50: Poisoning by diuretics and other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances