Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse
(asked on 20th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham have been treated by the NHS for (i) drug and (ii) alcohol abuse in each year since 2010.
The following tables show the number of individuals in contact with specialist treatment services citing problematic drug or alcohol use in England, London and Newham in each year since 2010.
National | Opiate | Non-opiate | Non-opiate and alcohol | Alcohol only | Total | |||||
number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
2009-10 | 170,032 | 55% | 24,557 | 8% | 28,992 | 9% | 88,086 | 28% | 311,667 | 100% |
2010-11 | 169,144 | 55% | 23,613 | 8% | 28,223 | 9% | 88,020 | 28% | 309,000 | 100% |
2011-12 | 162,435 | 54% | 22,982 | 8% | 27,732 | 9% | 86,416 | 29% | 299,565 | 100% |
2012-13 | 157,959 | 53% | 23,975 | 8% | 27,627 | 9% | 87,544 | 29% | 297,105 | 100% |
2013-14 | 155,852 | 52% | 25,570 | 8% | 28,871 | 10% | 91,651 | 30% | 301,944 | 100% |
2014-15 | 152,964 | 52% | 25,025 | 8% | 28,128 | 10% | 89,107 | 30% | 295,224 | 100% |
2015-16 | 149,807 | 52% | 25,814 | 9% | 28,187 | 10% | 85,035 | 29% | 288,843 | 100% |
London | Opiate | Non-opiate | Non-opiate and alcohol | Alcohol only | Total | |||||
number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
2009-10 | 25,032 | 50% | 5,839 | 12% | 7,412 | 15% | 11,542 | 23% | 49,825 | 100% |
2010-11 | 24,846 | 51% | 5,295 | 11% | 7,278 | 15% | 11,421 | 23% | 48,840 | 100% |
2011-12 | 23,371 | 51% | 4,990 | 11% | 6,601 | 14% | 10,683 | 23% | 45,645 | 100% |
2012-13 | 22,270 | 49% | 5,082 | 11% | 6,590 | 15% | 11,191 | 25% | 45,133 | 100% |
2013-14 | 21,892 | 47% | 5,315 | 11% | 6,893 | 15% | 12,503 | 27% | 46,603 | 100% |
2014-15 | 21,456 | 47% | 5,305 | 12% | 6,401 | 14% | 12,716 | 28% | 45,878 | 100% |
2015-16 | 20,441 | 46% | 5,277 | 12% | 6,117 | 14% | 12,289 | 28% | 44,124 | 100% |
Newham | Opiate | Non-opiate | Non-opiate and alcohol | Alcohol only | Total | |||||
number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
2009-10 | 1,031 | 58% | 166 | 9% | 163 | 9% | 425 | 24% | 1,785 | 100% |
2010-11 | 1,080 | 56% | 194 | 10% | 208 | 11% | 456 | 24% | 1,938 | 100% |
2011-12 | 1,048 | 62% | 134 | 8% | 173 | 10% | 343 | 20% | 1,698 | 100% |
2012-13 | 1,003 | 59% | 111 | 7% | 186 | 11% | 390 | 23% | 1,690 | 100% |
2013-14 | 1,000 | 63% | 127 | 8% | 133 | 8% | 323 | 20% | 1,583 | 100% |
2014-15 | 923 | 63% | 141 | 10% | 104 | 7% | 290 | 20% | 1,458 | 100% |
2015-16 | 867 | 52% | 220 | 13% | 194 | 12% | 390 | 23% | 1,671 | 100% |
The commissioning of drug and alcohol treatment services in England is undertaken by local authorities and the services are provided by a combination of National Health Service or third sector providers.
The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System collects data from drug and alcohol treatment services across England and divides people in treatment into the four substance groups described above.