HC Deb 01 April 2004 vol 419 cc1662-3W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged between 11 and 15 years were admitted to hospital in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough owing to alcohol-related problems in each of the last six years. [162349]

Mr. Hutton

Figures are not available by London borough. The table shows data by health authority in the London area.

Primary diagnosis (ICD-10 F10,K70,T51) alcohol related illness. Age on admission 11-15 years. Region of treatment north and south Thames 1997–98 and 1998–99/London 1999–2000 to 2002–03 (see note below). Court of finished admission episodes by health authority of treatment. NHS hospitals, 1997–98 to 2002–03
Finished admission episodes Health authority of treatment 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
QAC Bromley 8 7 * * — —
QAD Croydon 12 17 12 17 19 13
QAG Kingston and Richmond — — 15 45 47 39
QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 40 18 23 15 20 32
QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 73 53 58 56 58 67
QAP Barking and Havering 14 14 6 14 16 32
QAQ Barnet 10 7 40 43 — —
QAR Brent and Harrow 16 13 17 23 16 8
QAT Camden and Islington 21 14 26 19 12 28
QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 7 16 19 13 23 23
QAW East London and The City 7 9 19 9 16 18
QEW Barnet Enfield and Haringey — — — — 28 38
QEY Bexley Bromley and Greenwich — — — — 19 27
Regional Total 304 243 297 310 309 356

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are not available for Greater London and each London borough and so data based on health authority (HA) of treatment has been provided. Due to organisational changes, information is given for North Thames and South Thames regional offices in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 data years and the London regional office in the 1999–2000 to 2002–03 data years.
  2. 2. Since North and South Thames regions cover a greater area than the London region, HAs clearly outside of London have been omitted from this list (HA Codes QAE, QAF, QAK, QAL, QAM, QAN, QAX, QAY, QEP, QEQ).
  3. 3. Data has been derived for 2002–03 based on regions and HAs that existed in 2001–02. This is an attempt to provide continuity in the data provided, but caution should still be applied when looking at trends over time.
  4. 4. Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001–02 and 2002–03, which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
  5. 5. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (7 prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
  6. 6. Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with '⋆'

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.