§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people suffered head injuries in(a) the UK and (b) Sefton in each year from 1993 to 2003; [124101]
(2) what percentage of people in (a) the UK and (b) Sefton who have suffered brain injury in the past 10 years have recovered completely. [124102]
§ Dr. LadymanData on the incidence of individual conditions is not collected centrally. Research evidence, however, suggests that around 1 million people a year suffer a head injury and, of those, around 100,000 receive an injury severe enough to require hospital treatment.
Data on treatment outcomes for individual patients is not collected centrally. Research evidence suggests that many patients never make a full recovery and are left with life long disabilities. It is estimated that there may be up to 75,000 people in that situation.
Separate information is not available for Sefton.
The national service framework on long term conditions will have a particular focus on the needs of people with neurological disease, brain and spinal injury, as well as some of the common issues faced by people with a long-term condition such as rehabilitation. It will set standards of improvement in treatment and care for people with head injury.