Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 7 May 2024.
Jim Shannon
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of admissions to hospital due to alcohol poisoning in the last five years.
Andrea Leadsom
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
The following table shows the number of hospital admissions in England due to intentional self-poisoning by, and exposure to, alcohol, each year from 2017/18 to 2021/22:
Year | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Admissions | 25,330 | 26,970 | 25,640 | 24,010 | 19,000 |
Source: Alcohol Profile - Hospital admissions due to alcohol, from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, available at the following link:https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles/supporting-information/admissions2
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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