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Hospitals: Malnutrition
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the incidence of malnutrition among (a) all hospital patients and (b) hospital patients aged 65 years and over. [256262]
Dawn Primarolo:
The following table indicates the counts of admissions into hospital where there was a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition for
2006-07 for all patients and those aged over and under 65. This is the only form that the data are available.
| Total admissions 2006-07 | |
| Number | |
| Source: Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care | |
Independent Reconfiguration Panel
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS hospital re-organisations have been referred to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel since it was established; and how many of those were changed as a result. [255819]
Ann Keen: Since the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) was established in 2003, the IRP has competed 14 full reviews at the request of the Secretary of State for Health.
In general terms, three of the 14 reviews undertaken by the IRP have supported local national health service proposals, four have not supported them and seven supported them in principle, but placed conditions on their implementation.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many requests from overview and scrutiny committees for (a) proposed and (b) in progress NHS
re-organisations to be referred to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel have been rejected since overview and scrutiny committees were established. [255820]
Ann Keen: Regulation 4 of the Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Regulations 2002 allows overview and scrutiny committees the power to refer contested local national health service reconfigurations to the Secretary of State for Health.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health considers all referrals from overview and scrutiny committees.
Injuries: Firearms
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were (a) treated in accident and emergency departments and (b) admitted to hospital for (i) gunshot and (ii) knife wounds in each of the last five years. [249784]
Mr. Bradshaw: Information on numbers treated in accident and emergency is not available as the information requested is not collected centrally. Information is available on patients who have been admitted to hospital for gunshot wounds and knife wounds—finished admission episodes.
The data for X99—assault by sharp object—has been included as it is the closest data code for intentional knife wounds. In order to enable comparison data for W26—contact with a knife, sword or dagger, has also been provided.
Reference should be made to all attached notes when reading this response.
| Count of finished admission episodes with a gunshot wound or knife related injury by strategic health authority for period 2002-03 to 2006-07—national health service hospitals England and activity performed in the independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS | |||||
| 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | |
| Notes: 1. Finished admission episodes—A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. Cause Code—Gunshot* wounds and Knife** related injuries. The cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. 3. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) has used the following ICD-10 external cause codes when referring to gunshot wounds and knife related injuries. Gunshot wounds*: W32—Handgun discharge W33—Rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge W34—Discharge from other and unspecified firearms X72—Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge X73—Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge X74—Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge X93—Assault by handgun discharge X94—Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge X95—Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge Y22—Handgun discharge, undetermined intent Y23—Rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge, undetermined intent Y24—Other and unspecified firearm discharge, undetermined intent Y35.0—Legal intervention involving firearm discharge Y36.4—War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare Knife related injuries**: W26—Contact with knife, sword or dagger Z99—Assault by sharp object Data Quality: HES are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts, and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. Data are also received from a number of Independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Ungrossed Data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care | |||||
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1372-78W, on injuries: firearms, how many cases of incidents classified under the (a) X93, (b) X94 and (c) X95 code there were in each hospital in each year. [254107]
Mr. Bradshaw:
Information is not available on the injuries at individual hospital level. The Hospital Episode
Statistics collection does provide information by strategic health authority (SHA) of residence.
The following tables provide data for each of the requested codes for ten years. It should be noted that this list does not constitute the full set of codes used to identify gunshot wounds.
The structure of SHAs changed for data year 2006-07, with 28 SHAs merging to make just ten. The number of admissions does not represent the number of patients as a patient may have been admitted more than once.
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