Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, columns 874-75W, on hospital wards: gender, 10 Mar 2009 : Column 377W
from which budget funding for the improvement teams will come. [260828]
Ann Keen:
The budget for the improvement teams relating to elimination of mixed sex accommodation is provided from the Department's central budgets.
Hospitals: Admissions
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) children and (b) adults have been admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of (i) assault by a blunt object, (ii) assault by a sharp object and (iii) gun shots where the incident occurred at a school in each of the last 10 years. [257730]
Dawn Primarolo:
Information which has been provided includes a breakdown for children aged 15 and under, 16 to 17 and those aged 18 and over. It is not possible using the hospital episode statistics dataset to determine whether incidents have occurred in schools.
The data provided include all activity in national health service hospitals England and activity performed in the independent sector in England commissioned by the English NHS.
Reference should be made to the notes and clinical codes when interpreting the data.
Total number of admissions to hospital for injuries sustained by a gunshot wound, assault by a sharp or blunt object, broken down by age group for years 1996-97—2006-07
15 and under
16 and 17
18 and over
Other
Total
Assault by blunt objects
1996-97
165
172
2,503
56
2,896
1997-98
137
149
2,424
44
2,754
1998-99
105
132
2,172
6
2,415
1999-2000
120
128
2,364
5
2,617
2000-01
126
99
2,223
5
2,453
2001-02
139
136
2,342
11
2,628
2002-03
152
144
2,450
5
2,751
2003-04
139
147
2,683
2
2,971
2004-05
159
166
2,755
3
3,083
2005-06
224
175
2,944
2
3,345
2006-07
150
209
3,181
1
3,541
Assault by sharp objects
1996-97
114
247
3,529
52
3,942
1997-98
112
239
3,466
58
3,875
1998-99
88
191
3,370
18
3,667
1999-2000
118
248
3,738
21
4,125
2000-01
130
264
3,842
13
4,249
2001-02
132
283
4,198
29
4,642
2002-03
95
237
3,937
6
4,275
2003-04
110
296
4,358
10
4,774
2004-05
143
300
4,627
2
5,072
2005-06
169
374
4,949
4
5,496
2006-07
179
441
5,097
3
5,720
Gun shot wounds
1996-97
333
134
606
11
1,084
1997-98
260
112
613
9
994
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1998-99
279
102
604
2
987
1999-2000
362
133
674
1
1,170
2000-01
287
140
693
2
1,122
2001-02
321
147
949
3
1,420
2002-03
253
163
870
1
1,287
2003-04
267
123
978
2
1,370
2004-05
199
108
855
1
1,163
2005-06
155
117
960
1
1,233
2006-07
181
145
988
1
1,315
Notes: Assignment of Episodes to Years:
Years are assigned by the end of the first period of care in a patient’s hospital stay Finished admission episodes:
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider.
Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. Cause Code—Blunt object, Sharp object and Gunshot Wounds:
The cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects.
HES has used the following ICD-10 external cause codes when referring to gunshot wounds and assault by sharp and blunt objects. Blunt Object:
Y00—Assault by blunt object Sharp Object:
X99—Assault by sharp object Gunshot wound:
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 Data Quality:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. 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. Assessing growth through time:
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. During the years that these records have been collected by the NHS there have been ongoing improvements in quality and coverage. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series.
Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity.
Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. Ungrossed Data:
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed). Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS information centre for health and social care.
Hospitals: Children
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged (a) under 10 years and (b) 10 years and over were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of (i) non-alcoholic fatty liver and (ii) diabetes in each year since 1997-98. [260849]
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Ann Keen:
The following table gives the number of finished admission episodes where children aged 0 to 18, were admitted to hospital in each year since 1997-98 with a diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or diabetes.
