Fires: Health Hazards
(asked on 14th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been admitted to hospital due to fire smoke inhalation in the last 12 months for which data is available.
NHS England publishes data on hospital admissions and related diagnosis information, including finished admission episodes due to fire smoke inhalation.
The following table shows the total number of hospital admissions due to fire smoke inhalation in the last 12 months, for 2023/24:
Character code | Description | Finished admission episodes |
X00 | Exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure | 149 |
X01 | Exposure to uncontrolled fire, not in building or structure | 30 |
X02 | Exposure to controlled fire in building or structure | 98 |
X03 | Exposure to controlled fire, not in building or structure | 104 |
X08 | Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames | 282 |
X09 | Exposure to unspecified smoke, fire and flames | 442 |
| Total | 1105 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, with further information available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/hospital-episode-statistics