§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated since 1990 into the relationship between the numbers of elderly people admitted to hospital and the use of prescribed drugs; and if he will make a statement. [2891]
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many elderly (a) men and (b) women have been admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom as a consequence of an adverse reaction to (i) non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, (ii) phenothiazines, (iii) diuretics, (iv) analgesics, (v) night sedation, (vi) digoxin, (vii) laxatives, (viii) corticosteroids, (ix) beta blockers and (x) aminophylline in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [2892]
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§ Mr. HoramFigures on admissions relating to specific groups of drugs are not available centrally. The information that is available, which has been derived from the hospital episode statistics, has been placed in the Library.
Questions about hospital admissions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of, and how many, elderly people have been admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom for (i) postural hypertension, (ii) renal failure, (iii) dehydration and (iv) electrolyte imbalance as a direct result of taking prescribed diuretics in each of the last five years broken down by (a) gender and (b) age bands of 10 years, starting at 60 years; and if he will make a statement. [2880]
§ Mr. HoramIt is not possible to identify data relating specifically to prescribed drugs. The information available on admission in these categories where there is also a mention of diuretics has been placed in the Library.
Questions about hospital admissions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of, and how many, people have been admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom for (i) acute gastrointestinal bleed and (ii) anaemia through chronic GI bleed as a direct result of taking aspirin in each of the last five years broken down by (a) gender and (b) age bands of 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [2881]
§ Mr. HoramThe information available, which is derived from the hospital episode statistics, has been placed in the Library.
Questions about hospital admissions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating people admitted to hospital due to an adverse reaction to prescribed drugs in each of the last five years broken down by age bands of 10 years. [2887]
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of, and how many, people admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom, have been suffering adverse reactions to a prescribed drug in each of the last five years and in age bands of 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [2903]
§ Mr. HoramIt is not possible to identify information relating specifically to prescribed drugs. The information that is available, which is derived from the hospital episode statistics, has been placed in the Library.
335WQuestions about hospital admissions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.