§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of(a) admissions to hospital, (b) visits to a GP and (c) other interfaces with the National Health Service that were alcohol related and their combined cost in each of the last five years. [67020]
§ Ms BlearsData on National Health Service hospital admissions and costs to the NHS are provided in the tables shown. Data are not available on the number of visit to general practitioners and other interfaces with the NHS that were alcohol related.
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Table 1 NHS hospital admissions where there was a primary diagnosis of selected alcohol related disease, England, 1996–97 to 2000–01 Primary diagnosis (ICD10) number of admissions 1996–97 F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol 32,500 K70 Alcoholic liver disease 7,900 T51 Toxic effect of alcohol 2,300 Total of above 42,700 1997–98 F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol 34,400 K70 Alcoholic liver disease 9,000 T51 Toxic effect of alcohol 2,400 Total of above 45,700 1998–99 F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol 32,100 K70 Alcoholic liver disease 9,200 T51 Toxic effect of alcohol 2,000 Total of above 43,300 1999–2000 F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol 32,300 K70 Alcoholic liver disease 10,100 T51 Toxic effect of alcohol 2,000 Total of above 44,400 2000–01 F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol 27,300 K70 Alcoholic liver disease 10,100 T51 Toxic effect of alcohol 1,700 Total of above 39,100 Notes:
1. The data include private patients in NHS hospitals.
2. The data do not include patients admitted with a primary diagnosis not related to alcohol (e.g. an injury).
3. Data in this table have been rounded to the nearest one hundred admissions. Data for 1996–97 to 1999–2000 have been grossed for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data.
4. ICD10 = International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.
Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics.
Table 2 Estimated cost of alcohol misuse to the NHS, England and Wales, 1999 £million Inpatient costs—direct alcohol diagnosis 52 Inpatient costs—other alcohol related diagnosis 152 General practice costs 4 Total cost to NHS 207 Notes:
The original study from which this estimate was obtained provided data at 1994 prices. It has been adapted, and updated to 1999 prices by the Department of Health (EOR).
Source of original study:
Godfrey C, Hardman G: Changing the social costs of alcohol. Final report to the AERC. York: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, 1994.