Crimes of Violence: Corrosive Substances

(asked on 3rd July 2017) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 11th July 2017

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.

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