§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people, broken down by age, were(a) admitted and (b) discharged from hospital in each of the last five years where the main diagnosis was mental illness, but the patients also suffered malnourishment. [40579]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 5 March 2002]: There was one admission and one discharge from NHS Hospitals in England in 2000–01 with a main diagnosis of mental illness and with malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis. The admission and discharge were aged over 85. There were no discharges or admissions in the previous four years (1996–97 to 1999–2000).
Note:Malnutrition = ICD-10: E40–E46; mental illness = ICD-10: F00–F99.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people, broken down by age, were(a) admitted and (b) discharged from hospital in each of the last five years where the main diagnosis was malnourishment, but the patients also suffered from mental illness. [40578]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 5 March 2002]: The figures represent the number of discharges (table 1) and admissions (table 2) to NHS hospitals in England, where the main diagnosis was malnutrition and mental illness was a secondary diagnosis, by age in each of the last five years.
Between 0 per cent. and 0.002 per cent. of all discharges and admissions had a main diagnosis of malnutrition with mental illness as a secondary diagnosis.
915WNote:Malnutrition = ICD-10: E40-E46; mental illness = ICD-10: F00-F99.
Table 2: Number of admissions where the main diagnosis was malnutrition and mental illness was a secondary diagnosis, by age and year; finished episodes, 1996–97 to 2000–01; NHS Hospitals in England Age 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97 All 5 years 0–16 0 1 2 0 0 3 17–24 0 1 0 1 1 3 25–44 8 15 11 8 12 54 45–64 20 21 19 15 18 93 65–74 7 8 18 13 6 52 75–84 11 10 7 8 16 52 85+ 9 4 4 4 3 24 Total 55 58 59 48 55 275 Notes:
1. Admissions are defined as the "first" period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. Discharge episodes are defined as the last period of in-patient care and ends with death, discharge or a transferred to other hospital.
3. The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
4. Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2000–01 which is not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health