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Written question asked by Jeff Ennis (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 November 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Pain

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) males and (b) females have been diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested on the number of males and females diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome in the national health service is not collected. The NHS Information Centre collects data on the number of patients admitted in England NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector with complex regional pain type II (previously known as causalgia). The information is in the following table.

Count of finished consultant episodes¹ where the primary or secondary diagnosis was Causalgia (G56.4) by gender, 2004-05 to 2008-09, activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
Financial year Male Female
2008-09 62 99
2007-08 38 87
2006-07 26 72
2005-06 36 57
2004-05 40 70
¹ A finished consultant episode (FCE) is defined as a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. It should be noted that the figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c1035-6W; 297220
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Pain
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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