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Photo of Bob Russell Bob Russell Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Minister (Defence)

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.

Photo of Mike O'Brien Mike O'Brien Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health

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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