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Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 October 2017. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 October 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Nervous System: Accident and Emergency Departments

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted via accident and emergency departments with a primary diagnosis of a central nervous system condition, excluding stroke, in each month of the financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.

Answer

A count of unplanned accident and emergencies (A&E) attendances1 resulting in an admission2 and a primary diagnosis of central nervous system conditions (excluding stroke)3, for the financial years between 2010-11 and 2016-174 is provided in the table below. This is a count of hospital attendances resulting in admissions, not individual patients as the same person may have been admitted into a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.

Month

Year

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

April

7,857

7,590

8,201

8,489

9,528

9,330

10,133

May

8,117

7,853

8,720

8,917

9,836

10,056

10,916

June

7,691

7,713

8,479

8,292

9,552

9,878

10,270

July

8,108

7,824

8,401

8,793

9,640

10,097

10,533

August

8,079

7,762

8,377

8,812

9,879

9,969

9,938

September

7,832

7,889

8,473

8,816

9,435

10,058

10,009

October

8,364

8,086

8,707

9,440

9,898

10,506

10,484

November

8,045

8,047

8,203

9,244

9,329

10,425

9,722

December

8,472

7,892

8,259

9,334

8,781

10,028

9,823

January

8,615

8,199

8,674

9,365

8,913

10,594

9,923

February

7,609

7,838

8,137

9,501

8,596

10,089

9,296

March

8,214

8,593

8,949

10,343

9,131

10,868

10,394

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

Notes:

1The following attendance category codes identify unplanned A&E attendances:

1 = First A&E attendance

3 = Follow-up A&E attendance - unplanned

9 = Not known

2Attendance disposal 01 = Admitted to hospital bed / become a lodged patient of the same health care provider.

3The recording of the diagnosis field within the A&E data set is not mandatory. It is not known to what extent changes over time are as a result of improvements in recording practice.

24 = Central nervous conditions (excluding stroke)

4HES figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care. Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity occurring between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
108359
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Admissions Accident and emergency departments Nervous system
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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