Health written question – answered at on 4 June 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were referred to NHS services as a result of drug addiction in each London health trust area in each of the last 10 years.
The information is not held in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of referrals made by drug action teams in London from 2004.
Number of referrals | |||
Drug action team (DAT) | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
Barking and Dagenham | 404 | 500 | 734 |
Havering | 341 | 295 | 538 |
Camden | 1,079 | 1,043 | 1,989 |
Islington | 949 | 921 | 1,789 |
City of London | 15 | 21 | 40 |
Hackney | 694 | 446 | 1,675 |
Lambeth | 938 | 1,248 | 1,990 |
Lewisham | 655 | 791 | 1,216 |
Southwark | 971 | 1,145 | 1,997 |
Redbridge | 452 | 489 | 728 |
Waltham Forest | 443 | 589 | 998 |
Barnet | 397 | 499 | 847 |
Bexley | 241 | 223 | 400 |
Brent | 453 | 476 | 1,164 |
Bromley | 377 | 382 | 845 |
Croydon | 640 | 635 | 1,232 |
Ealing | 872 | 938 | 1,545 |
Enfield | 390 | 411 | 811 |
Greenwich | 576 | 610 | 1,001 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 756 | 900 | 1,897 |
Haringey | 722 | 726 | 1,348 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 643 | 472 | 1,356 |
Kingston upon Thames | 300 | 299 | 502 |
Merton | 559 | 482 | 782 |
Newham | 662 | 652 | 1,412 |
Richmond upon Thames | 495 | 384 | 765 |
Sutton | 403 | 483 | 832 |
Tower Hamlets | 827 | 920 | 1,716 |
Wandsworth | 578 | 657 | 1,327 |
Westminster | 819 | 889 | 1,938 |
Harrow | 426 | 423 | 789 |
Hillingdon | 384 | 397 | 692 |
Hounslow | 610 | 748 | 1,117 |
Total | 19,071 | 20,094 | 38,012 |
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