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Alcohol-related Illness

Answer

The tables show the information requested. Table one shows all diagnosis count of finished in year admission episodes admitted via accident and emergency department for alcohol related illness by strategic health authority (SHA) of residence for 1997-98 to 2005-06.Table two shows all diagnosis count of finished in year admission episodes admitted via accident and emergency departments for alcohol related illness by primary care trust (PCT) of residence for 1997-98 to 2005-06.Table three shows all diagnosis count of finished in year admission episodes admitted via accident and emergency departments for alcohol related illness for West Suffolk hospitals NHS trust for 1997-98 to 2005-06.

Table one
	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic HA	Essex Strategic HA	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic HA	Total
1997-98	1,337	1,457	2,501	5,295
1998-99	1,264	1,282	2,507	5,053
1999-2000	1,315	1,441	2,637	5,393
2000-01	1,191	1,546	2,522	5,259
2001-02	1,406	1,402	2,660	5,468
2002-03	1,464	1,396	2,803	5,663
2003-04	1,681	1,806	3,697	7,184
2004-05	2,346	2,200	3,941	8,487
2005-06	2,327	2,533	4,600	9,460
Notes:
Diagnosis codes F10 mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol; K70 alcoholic liver disease; T51 toxic effect of alcohol. These figures represent a count of all finished in year admission episodes where the method of admission was coded as emergency: via accident and emergency services, including the casualty department of the provider; or emergency: other means, including patients who arrive via the accident and emergency department of another provider.

Table two
	Central Suffolk PCT	Ipswich PCT	Suffolk Coastal PCT	Suffolk West PCT	Total
1997-98	52	247	121	196	616
1998-99	47	269	134	203	653
1999-2000	72	292	89	217	670
2000-01	78	272	101	232	683
2001-02	69	314	106	256	745
2002-03	83	283	163	279	808
2003-04	103	345	175	346	969
2004-05	110	326	139	382	957
2005-06	99	297	136	442	974
Notes:
Diagnosis codes F10 mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol; K70 alcoholic liver disease; T51 toxic effect of alcohol. These figures represent a count of all finished in year admission episodes where the method of admission was coded as emergency: via accident and emergency services, including the casualty department of the provider; or Emergency: other means, including patients who arrive via the accident and emergency department of another provider.

Table three
	West Hospitals Trust Suffolk NHS
1997-98	196
1998-99	192
1999-2000	197
2000-01	226
2001-02	254
2002-03	282
2003-04	360
2004-05	414
2005-06	410
Notes:
Diagnosis codes F10 mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol; K70 alcoholic liver disease; T51 toxic effect of alcohol. These figures represent a count of all finished in year admission episodes where the method of admission was coded as emergency: via accident and emergency services, including the casualty department of the provider; or emergency: other means, including patients who arrive via the accident and emergency department of another provider.
Finished in-year admissions
A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the datayear. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year
PCT and SHA data quality
PCT and SHA data was added to historic data-years in the hospital episode statistics (HES) database using 2002-03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. The quality of the data on PCT of treatment and SHA of treatment is poor in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, with over a third of all finished episodes having missing values in these years. Data quality of PCT of general practitioner practice and SHA of GP practice in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is also poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. There is less change in completeness of the residence-based fields over time, where the majority of unknown values are due to missing postcodes on birth episodes. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data.
All diagnoses count of episodes
These figures represent a count of all finished in year admission episodes where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in a HES record.
Data Quality
HES are compiled from data sent by over 300 national health service trusts and PCTs in England. The 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).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

118653; 457 c820-2W;457 c804-6W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Misuse

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk07022236001714