Health written question – answered at on 9 February 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received medical attention in hospital as a result of attacks by dogs in each primary care trust in (a) the East of England and (b) London in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Data relating to the number of finished admission episodes for patients bitten or struck by a dog, by primary care trust (PCT) in the East of England and London strategic health authority (SHA) of residence for the years 2004-05 to 2008-09 has been set out in the following table.
2006-07 to 2008-09 | |||
SHA/PCT description | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 |
East of England SHA total | 413 | 398 | 386 |
Luton PCT | 6 | 8 | * |
South East Essex PCT | 21 | 29 | * |
Bedfordshire PCT | 31 | 21 | 13 |
East and North Hertfordshire PCT | 51 | 33 | 50 |
West Hertfordshire PCT | 37 | 44 | 37 |
Peterborough PCT | 9 | 11 | 10 |
Cambridgeshire PCT | 42 | 43 | 61 |
Norfolk PCT | 62 | 52 | 63 |
Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT | 27 | 8 | 11 |
Suffolk PCT | 23 | 30 | 36 |
West Essex PCT | 19 | 17 | 18 |
North East Essex PCT | 19 | 31 | 27 |
Mid Essex PCT | 42 | 40 | 21 |
South West Essex PCT | 24 | 31 | 23 |
London SHA total | 540 | 525 | 435 |
Havering PCT | 17 | 12 | 22 |
Kingston PCT | * | 10 | * |
Bromley PCT | 8 | 14 | 19 |
Greenwich Teaching PCT | 20 | 18 | 22 |
Barnet PCT | 14 | 16 | 9 |
Hillingdon PCT | 19 | 18 | 20 |
Enfield PCT | 21 | 18 | 17 |
Barking and Dagenham PCT | 12 | 14 | 11 |
City and Hackney Teaching PCT | 11 | 14 | 10 |
Tower Hamlets PCT | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Newham PCT | 16 | 25 | 18 |
Haringey Teaching PCT | 12 | 14 | 7 |
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT | 19 | 17 | 13 |
Ealing PCT | 30 | 28 | 19 |
Hounslow PCT | 19 | 18 | 11 |
Brent Teaching PCT | 11 | 11 | * |
Harrow PCT | * | 6 | 6 |
Camden PCT | 10 | 19 | 21 |
Islington PCT | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Croydon PCT | 23 | 18 | 25 |
Kensington and Chelsea PCT | 20 | 15 | 10 |
Westminster PCT | 12 | 16 | 8 |
Lambeth PCT | 31 | 28 | 28 |
Southwark PCT | 35 | 24 | 15 |
Lewisham PCT | 24 | 20 | 9 |
Wandsworth PCT | 24 | 27 | 22 |
Richmond and Twickenham PCT | 15 | 14 | 8 |
Sutton and Merton PCT | 29 | 34 | 18 |
Redbridge PCT | 17 | 6 | 7 |
Waltham Forest PCT | 13 | 9 | 8 |
Bexley Care Trust | 19 | 14 | 16 |
Following reorganisation in 2006, SHAs were reduced from 28 to 10 and PCTs from 303 to 152. As a result data from 2006-07 onwards is not directly comparable with previous years. Data has been presented for those SHA/PCTs which have valid data for the breakdown presented here. As a result some SHA/PCTs may be missing from the list provided.
2004-05 to 2005-06 | ||
SHA/PCT description | 2005-06 | 2004-05 |
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA total | 140 | 122 |
Norwich PCT | 13 | 6 |
North Peterborough PCT | 6 | 5 |
South Peterborough PCT | 6 | 9 |
West Norfolk PCT | 6 | 9 |
Southern Norfolk PCT | 20 | 11 |
Huntingdonshire PCT | * | * |
Great Yarmouth PCT | * | * |
Cambridge City PCT | * | 7 |
South Cambridgeshire PCT | 13 | 10 |
East Cambridgeshire and Fenland PCT | 11 | 10 |
Broadland PCT | 8 | 6 |
North Norfolk PCT | * | 8 |
Ipswich PCT | 10 | * |
Suffolk Coastal PCT | * | 9 |
Central Suffolk PCT | 9 | * |
Waveney PCT | 11 | * |
Suffolk West PCT | 8 | 13 |
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA total | 94 | 83 |
Hertsmere PCT | 7 | * |
Luton PCT | 12 | 8 |
Bedford PCT | * | 7 |
Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT | 17 | 18 |
Welwyn Hatfield PCT | * | * |
North Hertfordshire and Stevenage PCT | 19 | 11 |
South East Hertfordshire PCT | * | 13 |
Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford PCT | * | 7 |
Watford and Three Rivers PCT | 14 | * |
Dacorum PCT | * | 6 |
St. Albans and Harpenden PCT | 9 | * |
Essex SHA Total | 121 | 107 |
Tendring PCT | 12 | 6 |
Epping Forest PCT | 7 | 9 |
Southend on Sea PCT | 12 | 16 |
Harlow PCT | 7 | 7 |
Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT | 8 | 6 |
Colchester PCT | 15 | 10 |
Uttlesford PCT | * | * |
Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford PCT | * | * |
Thurrock PCT | * | 6 |
Basildon PCT | 13 | 10 |
Chelmsford PCT | 11 | 6 |
Castle Point and Rochford PCT | 7 | 10 |
Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust | 15 | 12 |
North West London SHA total | 72 | 83 |
Hillingdon PCT | 19 | 26 |
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT | 6 | 11 |
Ealing PCT | 6 | 12 |
Hounslow PCT | 18 | 8 |
Brent Teaching PCT | 6 | * |
Harrow PCT | * | 9 |
Kensington and Chelsea PCT | 9 | 7 |
Westminster PCT | * | * |
North Central London SHA total | 52 | 41 |
Barnet PCT | 6 | 12 |
Enfield PCT | 13 | 11 |
Haringey Teaching PCT | 10 | * |
Camden PCT | 15 | * |
Islington PCT | 8 | 9 |
North East London SHA total | 76 | 78 |
Havering PCT | * | 18 |
Barking and Dagenham PCT | 13 | 12 |
City and Hackney Teaching PCT | 12 | 13 |
Tower Hamlets PCT | 13 | 9 |
Newham PCT | 13 | 8 |
Redbridge PCT | 10 | 6 |
Waltham Forest PCT | * | 12 |
South East London SHA total | 55 | 63 |
Bromley PCT | 6 | * |
Greenwich Teaching PCT | 9 | 16 |
Lambeth PCT | 13 | 12 |
Southwark PCT | 9 | * |
Lewisham PCT | 6 | 11 |
Bexley Care Trust | 12 | 11 |
South West London SHA total | 70 | 55 |
Kingston PCT | 10 | * |
Croydon PCT | 17 | * |
Wandsworth PCT | 23 | 14 |
Richmond and Twickenham PCT | 6 | 11 |
Sutton and Merton PCT | 14 | 17 |
Notes: 1. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with "*" (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify numbers from the total an additional number (the next smallest) has been replaced. 2. This data only covers patients admitted as an in-patient. Accident and emergency attendances are not included as it is not possible to identify from the data provided those bitten or struck by a dog. 3. The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion during the year. 4. A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 5. The SHA or PCT containing the patient's normal home address has been used in the data to provide this answer. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another SHA or PCT area for treatment. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics-The NHS Information Centre for health and social care |
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