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Hospitals: Admissions

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 27 January 2025.

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Photo of Blake Stephenson Blake Stephenson Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners hospitalised in winter 2024-25.

Photo of Karin Smyth Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Information on hospital admissions by pensioners, specifically, is not available. NHS England publishes information on admissions by age group, with the following table showing the latest data for those aged 65 years old and over:

Month

Admitted hospital attendances for people aged 65 years old and over, England

November 2024

160,630

December 2024 (provisional)

154,995

Source: NHS England https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2024-25/

Notes:

  1. This data is provided as a percentage of total admissions; therefore, the figures have been calculated from these percentages and rounded to the nearest whole number.
  2. The data publication is released monthly, with December 2024 being the most recent publication. December figures are provisional and are subject to revisions.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 27 January 2025, cW)

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