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Drugs: Misuse and Mental Illness

Answer

Data showing the number of hospital admissions for behavioural mental disorders cannot be provided as it is not collected in that format. NHS England has advised that there is no clear distinction within the data codes for what is classified as mental disorders or behavioural mental disorders.

The following table shows the number of finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of a drug-related mental disorder between April 2022 and March 2023, based on activity in English National Health Service hospitals and NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector:

Diagnosis description	Primary diagnosis	Secondary diagnosis
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol	33,563	225,549
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids	564	30,532
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids	762	32,811
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics	187	2,366
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cocaine	494	11,588
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of other stimulants, including caffeine	255	1,724
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of hallucinogens	51	492
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco	557	1,253,007
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of volatile solvents	36	514
Mental and behavioural disorders due to multiple drug use and use of other psychoactive substances	2,239	17,571

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England

Notes:

1. NHS England has advised that admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have had more than one admission within the period and an episode may be counted in more than one category.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4412

Session

2023-24

Subjects

Admissions Hospitals Drugs Mental illness Misuse

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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