Forum Support Organisations (Hansard, 17 September 2004)

§ Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether forum support organisations within the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH) will end in August 2005 prior to the winding up of the CPPIH. [188388]

§ Ms Rosie Winterton
No decisions have been taken yet about whether to extend the forum support organisation contracts beyond August 2005, when they expire.

§ Sue Doughty
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bone fractures resulting from falls were treated by the NHS in the last period for which figures are available; how many of those suffering from such1966W fractures were known to have osteoporosis; how many were discovered to have osteoporosis in post-fracture screening; and if he will make a statement. [188180]

§ Dr. Ladyman
Information on the number of bone fractures resulting from falls treated by the National Health Service for the last period for which figures are available is shown in the table. Information on how many of those suffering fractures were known to have osteoporosis and how many were discovered to have osteoporosis in post-fracture screening is not collected centrally.

Primary diagnosis—fracture (ICD 10 diagnosis codes S02, 812, S22, 832, 842, 552, 562, 872, 582, 892 and T02) with secondary diagnosis falls (ICD diagnosis codes WOO-W19)—counts of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)

National Health Service hospitals—England 161,670

Notes:

Ungrossed data—figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

A FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a patient may have more than one episode of care within the year.

Cause code—the cause. code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects.

Secondary diagnoses—as well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 13 (6 prior to 2002–03) secondary diagnosis fields in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care

Source:

HES, Department of Health

Primary diagnosis—fracture (ICD 10 diagnosis codes S02, 812, S22, 832, 842, 552, 562, 872, 582, 892 and T02) with secondary diagnosis falls (ICD diagnosis codes WOO-W19)—counts of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)
National Health Service hospitals—England	161,670
Notes:
Ungrossed data—figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
A FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a patient may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Cause code—the cause. code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects.
Secondary diagnoses—as well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 13 (6 prior to 2002–03) secondary diagnosis fields in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care
Source:
HES, Department of Health