To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 1 October (HL10396), what was the geographical breakdown of gambling-related hospital admissions for each of the last five years.
Answered on
14 November 2018
The volume of finished admissions episodes (FAEs) with a primary or secondary diagnosis of pathological gambling for the last five years, by commissioning region of treatment, is shown in the following table.
Commissioning Region of Treatment | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
North of England Commissioning Region | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
Midlands and East of England Commissioning Region | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 |
London Commissioning Region | 15 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 50 |
South of England Commissioning Region | 15 | 20 | 10 | * | 15 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital
Notes:
A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
In order to protect patient confidentiality '*' appears in the table for all sub-national breakdowns, where it is possible to calculate a value between one and seven from the data presented. All other sub-national data has been rounded to the nearest five.