§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed with musculoskeletal injuries in the last year for which figures are available; and how many(a) GP consultations, (b) physiotherapy sessions and (c) hospital beds were taken up in that year with those injuries. [30190]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 25 January 2002]: Information on general practitioner consultations and physiotherapy sessions are not collected centrally. Figures for musculoskeletal injuries and bed days are shown in the table.
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Admissions and bed days where main diagnosis may be related to musculoskeletal injuries—NHS Hospitals, England 2000–01 Admissions Bed days S47 Crushing injury of shoulder and upper arm 3 9 S48 Traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm 10 164 S49 Other and unspecified injuries of shoulder and upper arm 456 1,966 S52 Fracture of forearm 48,698 134,031 S53 Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments elbow 1,036 1,630 S56 Injury of muscle and tendon at forearm level 1,925 2,891 S57 Crushing injury of forearm 52 283 S58 Traumatic amputation of forearm 16 220 S59 Other and unspecified injuries of forearm 283 952 S62 Fracture at wrist and hand level 17,337 30,837 S63 Dislocation sprain strain joint and ligaments at wrist and hand level 2,299 3,125 S66 Injury of muscle and tendon at wrist and hand level 9,592 12,098 S67 Crushing injury of wrist and hand 1,505 1,943 S68 Traumatic amputation of wrist and hand 3,347 5,066 S69 Other and unspecified injuries of wrist and hand 1,281 2,141 S72 Fracture of femur 63,385 1,117,498 S73 Dislocation, sprain and strain of joint and ligaments 745 6,799 S76 Injury of muscle and tendon at hip and thigh level 756 4,254 S77 Crushing injury of hip and thigh 17 129 S78 Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh 3 180 S79 Other and specified injuries of hip and thigh 2,065 15,888 S82 Fracture of lower leg, including ankle 42,930 338,010 S83 Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee 4,837 9,399 S84 Injury of nerves at lower leg level 44 164 S87 Crushing injury of lower leg 73 344 S88 Traumatic amputation of lower leg 36 1,630 S89 Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg 1,377 6,986 S92 Fracture of foot, except ankle 5,288 32,747 S93 Dislocation sprain and strain joints and ligaments at ankle and foot level 1,034 4,325 S96 Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level 356 793 S97 Crushing injury of ankle and foot 216 1,323 S98 Traumatic amputation of ankle and foot 91 576 S99 Other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot 502 2,177 T02 Fractures involving multiple body regions 516 6,820 T03 Dislocations sprains and strains involving multiple body regions 27 92 T04 Crushing injuries involving multiple body regions 39 325 T05 Traumatic amputations involving multiple body regions 10 213 T06 Other injuries involving multiple body regions NEC 29 352 T07 Unspecified multiple injuries 24 67 T08 Fracture of spine, level unspecified 112 1,572 T09 Other injuries of spine and trunk, level unspecified 421 2,530 T10 Fracture of upper limb, level unspecified 28 187 T11 Other injuries of upper limb, level unspecified 555 1,878 T12 Fracture of lower limb, level unspecified 23 276 T13 Other injuries of lower limb, level unspecified 850 5,066 T14 Injury of unspecified body region 2,624 10,701 These figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may be admitted more than once within the year. The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data.