Accident and Emergency Departments: Alcoholic Drinks
(asked on 1st February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in what proportion of cases presented at urgent care and emergency departments has alcohol been recorded as (a) a contributing or (b) major factor in the latest period for which data is available.
The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of attendances at accident and emergency departments in 2022/23 where an alcohol-related first diagnosis code is recorded, excluding cases where alcohol was a factor but not the main diagnosis:
Description | Attendances | Percentage of total attendances |
Alcohol intoxication (disorder) | 59,070 | 0.25% |
Alcohol dependence (disorder) | 14,884 | 0.06% |
Toxic effect of alcohol (disorder) | 2,182 | 0.01% |
Uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal (disorder) | 14,436 | 0.06% |
Alcohol withdrawal-induced convulsion (disorder) | 9,997 | 0.04% |
Total | 100,569 | 0.43% |
Source: Hospital Accident & Emergency Activity, 2022-23 from NHS Digital.