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answer text: Data on all in-patient admissions to national health service hospitals in England, including following an accident or injury, is produced by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) system. Admissions following an accident or injury can be identified in HES using the ICD10 coding system. This admitted patient care data only covers accidents and injuries serious enough to warrant admission to hospital as an inpatient. Data on attendances at NHS accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England, including those following an accident or injury, is also collected as part of the HES system dataset. However, the A&E information is less detailed than that collected for hospital inpatients, and there are issues with the quality of the data. The European Union Recommendation on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion supports improved data information and surveillance. The Department has been in discussion with the devolved Administrations on what steps can be taken to improve data collection and to progress the project on the Joint Action on Monitoring Injuries in Europe (JAMIE), funded through the EU Health Programme. There is United Kingdom involvement in the project which looks to improve data collection on accidental injury within the UK and contribute to the EU Injury Database. Public Health England has established a national Surveillance Strategy Committee to consider the public health justification and scientific case for new surveillance systems for England, so will be considering surveillance of accidents as an early priority. The devolved Administrations have also looked at their injury surveillance systems, as part of consideration for the JAMIE project.
answer given date: 2013-07-12+01:00
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