Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions in England were categorized as assault by corrosive substance in each year since 2012.
The table below shows counts of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an external cause of assault by corrosive substance, for each year since 2012 in England.
Counts of FAEs with an external cause of assault by corrosive substance, 2012-13 to 2015-16 activity in England
Year | FAEs |
2012-13 | 97 |
2013-14 | 109 |
2014-15 | 106 |
2015-16 | 98 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital
Notes:
1. A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
2. Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.