Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
(asked on 26th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital bed days were used by patients with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years; and if he will publish that information by (a) sex and (b) age group.
Public Health England regularly publishes information showing the number of alcohol-related National Health Service hospital admissions in England in the Local Alcohol Profiles for England. The table below shows figures for the last three years based on primary and secondary diagnoses (broad measure):
| Total | Male (all ages) | Female (all ages) |
2016/17 | 1,135,710 | 732,790 | 402,920 |
2015/16 | 1,119,020 | 721,340 | 397,680 |
2014/15 | 1,078,810 | 695,360 | 383,450 |
This data, including a further breakdown by sex and age group is available at:
http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/documents/LAPE_Statistical_Tables_for_England_022018.xlsx
NHS Digital will also publish this data in its annual Statistics on Alcohol 2018 report which is due to be published on 1 May.
Data on the number of hospital bed days used by patients with alcohol-related conditions is not collected centrally.