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Committed on
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4 January 2010
Subjects
CCTV; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse; National Offender Management Service
Date
22 December 2009
Reference
DEP2010-0003
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) people and (b) people under 18 years old were treated for cannabis-induced psychosis in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) people and (b) people under 18 years old were treated for cannabis-induced psychosis in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Lord Lansley
(Conservative)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 December 2009
For answer on
14 December 2009
Answered on
16 December 2009
Data are not collected centrally about how many people were treated for cannabis-induced psychosis each year because data counts patient episodes, not individual patient numbers, and individual patients may be seen more than once during each year.Data are collected centrally about the number of finished hospital admission episodes for patients with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids, under the care of a mental health consultant. This information is shown in the following table.Data are not collected centrally about the numbers treated for cannabis-related mental illness in primary care.
| Finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids: activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector 2004-05 to 2008-09 under consultant mental health specialties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| Total all ages | 752 | 786 | 616 | 579 | 519 |
| Aged 18 years or over | 708 | 745 | 570 | 553 | 499 |
| Aged under 18 years | 44 | 41 | 32 | 26 | 19 |
| Age not known | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Source: | |||||
| Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care. |
Subjects
Cannabis; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
502 c1311-2W; 307362
House
House of Commons
I cannot give the noble Lord those figures, but I shall of course write to him and put a copy of my letter in the Library. Preventing drugs from coming into prison is an absolute priority and a great deal more work has been put into that than was the case previously. There is a comprehensive range of security measures to reduce drug supply in prison, which the noble Lord will know about and which I will write to him about. They include the need for those who are caught bringing drugs into prison to be severely punished.
I cannot give the noble Lord those figures, but I shall of course write to him and put a copy of my letter in the Library. Preventing drugs from coming into prison is an absolute priority and a great deal more work has been put into that than was the case previously. There is a comprehensive range of security measures to reduce drug supply in prison, which the noble Lord will know about and which I will write to him about. They include the need for those who are caught bringing drugs into prison to be severely punished.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1523
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, can the Minister give the House some idea of the size of the problem that we are facing? Can he confirm the figures that I have, which indicate that some 35 per cent of all prisoners leaving prison have some sort of drug problem or drug addiction?
My Lords, can the Minister give the House some idea of the size of the problem that we are facing? Can he confirm the figures that I have, which indicate that some 35 per cent of all prisoners leaving prison have some sort of drug problem or drug addiction?
Asked by
Lord Henley
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 December 2009
My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot confirm that figure, but I can give these figures: at the latest count, 69 per cent of those who enter prison had taken drugs within the previous 12 months, which may not be an enormous surprise to the House, but 55 per cent of those entering prison have some sort of drug dependency problem. They are not necessarily on what are normally described on hard drugs, but a large number of them will be. No one is pretending that this is not a great problem.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1522
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
It is not right; there is no struggle going on at all. That makes extremely good copy, but it just does not happen to be right. The point is that it is important to try to get the balance right. There is certainly a place for methadone maintenance in prison; there is no doubt about that. Mr Trace himself wrote a letter to the Times yesterday rather contradicting what had been said about him in the article last week. The integrated drug treatment system being brought in across prisons provides evidence-based treatment, tailored to the needs of the prisoner.
All treatments, whatever they are, ultimately aim at getting prisoners off drugs whether that is while they are in prison or when they return to the community. The rise in prisoners getting methadone treatment means that more prisoners are getting the treatment they need at the right stage of the treatment journey. I invite the noble Lord, and the House, to look at a letter written by Professor Gerry Stimson in the Times of the day before yesterday in which he makes it clear that the provision of methadone in prison is considered best practice by the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNAIDS, among others.
It is not right; there is no struggle going on at all. That makes extremely good copy, but it just does not happen to be right. The point is that it is important to try to get the balance right. There is certainly a place for methadone maintenance in prison; there is no doubt about that. Mr Trace himself wrote a letter to the Times yesterday rather contradicting what had been said about him in the article last week. The integrated drug treatment system being brought in across prisons provides evidence-based treatment, tailored to the needs of the prisoner.
All treatments, whatever they are, ultimately aim at getting prisoners off drugs whether that is while they are in prison or when they return to the community. The rise in prisoners getting methadone treatment means that more prisoners are getting the treatment they need at the right stage of the treatment journey. I invite the noble Lord, and the House, to look at a letter written by Professor Gerry Stimson in the Times of the day before yesterday in which he makes it clear that the provision of methadone in prison is considered best practice by the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNAIDS, among others.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Thomas of Gresford
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Trace charity, which helps prisoners on drugs who are in prison, has claimed that there is infighting between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health about their treatment and that prisoners are being prescribed methadone because the DoH wants to control treatment. That means that inmates are being diverted from MoJ-funded abstinence schemes. Is it right that there is a struggle going on as to how those prisoners should be treated?
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1522-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group that has been established to review and make clear recommendations on effective drug treatment in prisons. Let me assure noble Lords that that is not an easy task. Does my noble friend agree that it is vital that we have a range of high-quality drug treatment services in the prison system, not only to address maintenance prescribing and the prescriptions in terms of detoxification but so that we provide a wide variety of psychosocial interventions that will clearly address the many complex needs that drug-using offenders present to us?
My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group that has been established to review and make clear recommendations on effective drug treatment in prisons. Let me assure noble Lords that that is not an easy task. Does my noble friend agree that it is vital that we have a range of high-quality drug treatment services in the prison system, not only to address maintenance prescribing and the prescriptions in terms of detoxification but so that we provide a wide variety of psychosocial interventions that will clearly address the many complex needs that drug-using offenders present to us?
Asked by
Lord Patel of Bradford
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 December 2009
I am very grateful to my noble friend. I congratulate him and his team and thank them very much for their work on the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group. There could hardly be more important work to do in relation to drugs in prison. We believe that this group, chaired by my noble friend, provides the right mix of knowledge, expertise and experience. I agree with him, of course, that there are problems in getting the balance right between detoxification and weaning people off drugs in other ways, as well as all of the other issues that affect prisoners who are dependent on drugs. Those issues, alas, sometimes come to the fore when prisoners are released, putting the rest of the community in some kind of danger.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1522
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I am very grateful to my noble friend. I congratulate him and his team and thank them very much for their work on the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group. There could hardly be more important work to do in relation to drugs in prison. We believe that this group, chaired by my noble friend, provides the right mix of knowledge, expertise and experience. I agree with him, of course, that there are problems in getting the balance right between detoxification and weaning people off drugs in other ways, as well as all of the other issues that affect prisoners who are dependent on drugs. Those issues, alas, sometimes come to the fore when prisoners are released, putting the rest of the community in some kind of danger.
I am very grateful to my noble friend. I congratulate him and his team and thank them very much for their work on the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group. There could hardly be more important work to do in relation to drugs in prison. We believe that this group, chaired by my noble friend, provides the right mix of knowledge, expertise and experience. I agree with him, of course, that there are problems in getting the balance right between detoxification and weaning people off drugs in other ways, as well as all of the other issues that affect prisoners who are dependent on drugs. Those issues, alas, sometimes come to the fore when prisoners are released, putting the rest of the community in some kind of danger.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Patel of Bradford
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group that has been established to review and make clear recommendations on effective drug treatment in prisons. Let me assure noble Lords that that is not an easy task. Does my noble friend agree that it is vital that we have a range of high-quality drug treatment services in the prison system, not only to address maintenance prescribing and the prescriptions in terms of detoxification but so that we provide a wide variety of psychosocial interventions that will clearly address the many complex needs that drug-using offenders present to us?
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1522
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot confirm that figure, but I can give these figures: at the latest count, 69 per cent of those who enter prison had taken drugs within the previous 12 months, which may not be an enormous surprise to the House, but 55 per cent of those entering prison have some sort of drug dependency problem. They are not necessarily on what are normally described on hard drugs, but a large number of them will be. No one is pretending that this is not a great problem.
My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot confirm that figure, but I can give these figures: at the latest count, 69 per cent of those who enter prison had taken drugs within the previous 12 months, which may not be an enormous surprise to the House, but 55 per cent of those entering prison have some sort of drug dependency problem. They are not necessarily on what are normally described on hard drugs, but a large number of them will be. No one is pretending that this is not a great problem.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Henley
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, can the Minister give the House some idea of the size of the problem that we are facing? Can he confirm the figures that I have, which indicate that some 35 per cent of all prisoners leaving prison have some sort of drug problem or drug addiction?
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1522
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, no prisoners have been compensated for denial of access to illegal drugs, including heroin. It is a fact that some prisoners take illegal drugs in prison. However, NOMS has introduced a range of measures to reduce the supply of drugs. Drug misuse in prisons has declined by 68 per cent since 1996-97, as evidenced by random and mandatory drug-testing results. A comprehensive programme of work is in place to build on that success.
My Lords, no prisoners have been compensated for denial of access to illegal drugs, including heroin. It is a fact that some prisoners take illegal drugs in prison. However, NOMS has introduced a range of measures to reduce the supply of drugs. Drug misuse in prisons has declined by 68 per cent since 1996-97, as evidenced by random and mandatory drug-testing results. A comprehensive programme of work is in place to build on that success.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Tebbit
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many convicted criminals they have paid compensation to in respect of the denial by prison authorities of drugs such as heroin whilst in prison.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1521
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, perhaps I may first thank the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for his courtesy in writing to me about another case of drugs in prison which would have fallen outside the scope of this Question. The public will understand that there is a duty on the Government to ensure that prisoners receive medical treatment for such things as drug addiction. However, despite his Answer, I find it difficult to understand how it could be reported in the press that 197 prisoners have received monetary compensation for the denial of drugs. Should not the treatment be about denying them drugs rather than compensating them for not having drugs?
My Lords, perhaps I may first thank the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for his courtesy in writing to me about another case of drugs in prison which would have fallen outside the scope of this Question. The public will understand that there is a duty on the Government to ensure that prisoners receive medical treatment for such things as drug addiction. However, despite his Answer, I find it difficult to understand how it could be reported in the press that 197 prisoners have received monetary compensation for the denial of drugs. Should not the treatment be about denying them drugs rather than compensating them for not having drugs?
Asked by
Lord Tebbit
(Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 December 2009
My Lords, in 2002, 197 prisoners claimed that their drug detoxification treatment, which dated back to the late 1990s, had been inadequate. Regrettably, the standard of care that the claimants received fell short of minimum acceptable medical standards. First, their medication was wrong—they were given dihydrocodeine, which was not the appropriate drug. Secondly, the detoxification process was too short. It was for those reasons, and on the basis of legal advice, that it was decided to settle these cases out of court to minimise the cost to the taxpayer. It was very unfortunate indeed, but these were detoxification programmes. It is one reason why the Government have invested a large amount of money in clinical drug treatment under the integrated drug treatment system.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Medical treatments; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse; Rehabilitation
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1521-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, in 2002, 197 prisoners claimed that their drug detoxification treatment, which dated back to the late 1990s, had been inadequate. Regrettably, the standard of care that the claimants received fell short of minimum acceptable medical standards. First, their medication was wrong—they were given dihydrocodeine, which was not the appropriate drug. Secondly, the detoxification process was too short. It was for those reasons, and on the basis of legal advice, that it was decided to settle these cases out of court to minimise the cost to the taxpayer. It was very unfortunate indeed, but these were detoxification programmes. It is one reason why the Government have invested a large amount of money in clinical drug treatment under the integrated drug treatment system.
My Lords, in 2002, 197 prisoners claimed that their drug detoxification treatment, which dated back to the late 1990s, had been inadequate. Regrettably, the standard of care that the claimants received fell short of minimum acceptable medical standards. First, their medication was wrong—they were given dihydrocodeine, which was not the appropriate drug. Secondly, the detoxification process was too short. It was for those reasons, and on the basis of legal advice, that it was decided to settle these cases out of court to minimise the cost to the taxpayer. It was very unfortunate indeed, but these were detoxification programmes. It is one reason why the Government have invested a large amount of money in clinical drug treatment under the integrated drug treatment system.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Tebbit
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, perhaps I may first thank the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for his courtesy in writing to me about another case of drugs in prison which would have fallen outside the scope of this Question. The public will understand that there is a duty on the Government to ensure that prisoners receive medical treatment for such things as drug addiction. However, despite his Answer, I find it difficult to understand how it could be reported in the press that 197 prisoners have received monetary compensation for the denial of drugs. Should not the treatment be about denying them drugs rather than compensating them for not having drugs?
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1521-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
The Minister has referred to the fall in the incidence of drugs in prison, which is very welcome. With regard to the latest available records, what was the number of convictions for persons seeking to smuggle drugs into prison, and does that represent a rising or a falling trend?
The Minister has referred to the fall in the incidence of drugs in prison, which is very welcome. With regard to the latest available records, what was the number of convictions for persons seeking to smuggle drugs into prison, and does that represent a rising or a falling trend?
Asked by
Lord Elystan-Morgan
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 December 2009
I cannot give the noble Lord those figures, but I shall of course write to him and put a copy of my letter in the Library. Preventing drugs from coming into prison is an absolute priority and a great deal more work has been put into that than was the case previously. There is a comprehensive range of security measures to reduce drug supply in prison, which the noble Lord will know about and which I will write to him about. They include the need for those who are caught bringing drugs into prison to be severely punished.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1523
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
The Trace charity, which helps prisoners on drugs who are in prison, has claimed that there is infighting between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health about their treatment and that prisoners are being prescribed methadone because the DoH wants to control treatment. That means that inmates are being diverted from MoJ-funded abstinence schemes. Is it right that there is a struggle going on as to how those prisoners should be treated?
The Trace charity, which helps prisoners on drugs who are in prison, has claimed that there is infighting between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health about their treatment and that prisoners are being prescribed methadone because the DoH wants to control treatment. That means that inmates are being diverted from MoJ-funded abstinence schemes. Is it right that there is a struggle going on as to how those prisoners should be treated?
Asked by
Lord Thomas of Gresford
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 December 2009
It is not right; there is no struggle going on at all. That makes extremely good copy, but it just does not happen to be right. The point is that it is important to try to get the balance right. There is certainly a place for methadone maintenance in prison; there is no doubt about that. Mr Trace himself wrote a letter to the Times yesterday rather contradicting what had been said about him in the article last week. The integrated drug treatment system being brought in across prisons provides evidence-based treatment, tailored to the needs of the prisoner.
All treatments, whatever they are, ultimately aim at getting prisoners off drugs whether that is while they are in prison or when they return to the community. The rise in prisoners getting methadone treatment means that more prisoners are getting the treatment they need at the right stage of the treatment journey. I invite the noble Lord, and the House, to look at a letter written by Professor Gerry Stimson in the Times of the day before yesterday in which he makes it clear that the provision of methadone in prison is considered best practice by the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNAIDS, among others.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1522-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many convicted criminals they have paid compensation to in respect of the denial by prison authorities of drugs such as heroin whilst in prison.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many convicted criminals they have paid compensation to in respect of the denial by prison authorities of drugs such as heroin whilst in prison.
Asked by
Lord Tebbit
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
16 December 2009
Answered on
16 December 2009
My Lords, no prisoners have been compensated for denial of access to illegal drugs, including heroin. It is a fact that some prisoners take illegal drugs in prison. However, NOMS has introduced a range of measures to reduce the supply of drugs. Drug misuse in prisons has declined by 68 per cent since 1996-97, as evidenced by random and mandatory drug-testing results. A comprehensive programme of work is in place to build on that success.
Subjects
Compensation; Drugs; Prisoners; Prisons; Misuse
Date
16 December 2009
Reference
715 c1521
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of people attending accident and emergency departments in each region with (a) drug-related conditions and (b) injuries in which the misuse of drugs was a contributory cause in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of people attending accident and emergency departments in each region with (a) drug-related conditions and (b) injuries in which the misuse of drugs was a contributory cause in each of the last three...
Asked by
David Simpson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answered by
Baroness Merron
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 December 2009
For answer on
7 December 2009
Answered on
14 December 2009
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
14 December 2009
Reference
502 c743-4W; 305009
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished admission episodes to hospital there were in each strategic health authority area (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 of the population where an illness related to alcohol was a primary or secondary diagnosis in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished admission episodes to hospital there were in each strategic health authority area (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 of the population where an illness related to alcohol was a primary or secondary diagnosis in each of the last...
Asked by
James Brokenshire
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Merron
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 December 2009
For answer on
7 December 2009
Answered on
14 December 2009
The number and rate of finished admissions of patients with a primary or secondary alcohol-related diagnosis in each strategic health authority area can be found in the following table:
| Number and rate of finished admissions of patients with an alcohol-related diagnosis | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | ||||||
| Strategic health authority | Number of admissions | Rate of admission per 100,000 population (EASR) | Number of admissions | Rate of admission per 100,000 population (EASR) | Number of admissions | Rate of admission per 100,000 population (EASR) | Number of admissions | Rate of admission per 100,000 population (EASR) | Number of admissions | Rate of admission per 100,000 population (EASR) |
| North East | 43,919 | 1,535 | 50,579 | 1,749 | 55,510 | 1,898 | 60,755 | 2,046 | 67,955 | 2,254 |
| North West | 114,946 | 1,513 | 129,919 | 1,701 | 141,493 | 1,835 | 151,427 | 1,944 | 163,564 | 2,081 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 66,684 | 1,178 | 72,870 | 1,272 | 77,454 | 1,331 | 83,442 | 1,413 | 91,345 | 1,525 |
| East Midlands | 56,928 | 1,159 | 62,722 | 1,260 | 67,710 | 1,343 | 74,340 | 1,452 | 82,047 | 1,560 |
| West Midlands | 63,692 | 1,075 | 76,778 | 1,275 | 88,490 | 1,451 | 91,536 | 1,479 | 104,533 | 1,662 |
| East of England | 63,472 | 975 | 72,622 | 1,097 | 77,808 | 1,156 | 84,711 | 1,235 | 91,625 | 1,303 |
| London | 74,522 | 1,038 | 87,428 | 1,208 | 96,194 | 1,320 | 102,027 | 1,386 | 110,981 | 1,490 |
| South East Coast | 46,802 | 938 | 54,833 | 1,082 | 60,074 | 1,173 | 66,025 | 1,264 | 71,805 | 1,338 |
| South Central | 36,032 | 824 | 41,219 | 928 | 41,889 | 927 | 48,200 | 1,049 | 53,203 | 1,128 |
| South West | 70,278 | 1,145 | 77,755 | 1,250 | 83,415 | 1,315 | 88,393 | 1,365 | 98,509 | 1,492 |
| Unknown /no fixed abode | 6,908 | n/a | 8,787 | n/a | 9,082 | n/a | 12,400 | n/a | 9,656 | n/a |
| England | 644,185 | 1,144 | 735,512 | 1,290 | 799,120 | 1,384 | 863,257 | 1,473 | 945,223 | 1,583 |
| n/a = Not applicable. | ||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| EASR - European Age-Standardised Rate. | ||||||||||
| Includes activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector. | ||||||||||
| Alcohol-specific condition | ||||||||||
| Alcohol-specific conditions are those defined as wholly attributed to alcohol, based on the methodology developed by the North West Public Health Observatory. They are: | ||||||||||
| Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (142.6) | ||||||||||
| Alcoholic gastritis (K29.2) | ||||||||||
| Alcoholic liver disease (K70) | ||||||||||
| Alcoholic myopathy (G72.1) | ||||||||||
| Alcoholic polyneuropathy (G62.1) | ||||||||||
| Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing's syndrome (E24.4) | ||||||||||
| Chronic pancreatitis (alcohol induced) (K86.0) | ||||||||||
| Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol (G31.2) | ||||||||||
| Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10) | ||||||||||
| Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (X45) | ||||||||||
| Ethanol poisoning (T51.0) | ||||||||||
| Methanol poisoning (T51.1) | ||||||||||
| Toxic effect of alcohol, unspecified (T51.9) | ||||||||||
| Number of episodes in which the patient had an alcohol-specific primary or secondary diagnosis These figures represent the number of episodes where an alcohol-specific diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. Each episode is only counted once in each count, even if an alcohol-specific diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record. | ||||||||||
| Ungrossed data | ||||||||||
| Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). | ||||||||||
| Finished admission episodes | ||||||||||
| A finished admission episode is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. It should be noted that admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. | ||||||||||
| Primary diagnosis | ||||||||||
| The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. | ||||||||||
| Secondary diagnosis | ||||||||||
| As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 19 (13 from 2002-03 to 2007-08 and six prior to 2002-03) secondary diagnosis fields in HES that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care. | ||||||||||
| Data quality | ||||||||||
| HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. Data is also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. | ||||||||||
| Assessing growth through time | ||||||||||
| HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. | ||||||||||
| Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity. | ||||||||||
| Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. | ||||||||||
| Assignment of Episodes to Years | ||||||||||
| Years are assigned by the end of the first period of care in a patient's hospital stay. | ||||||||||
| Source: | ||||||||||
| Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care. |
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Misuse
Date
14 December 2009
Reference
502 c732-4W; 305077
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Health Committee
Witnesses
Association of Chief Police Officers; Home Office; Office of Fair Trading; Ofcom; National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Treasury; University College London; London Ambulance Service; Tesco; Department of Health; Football League; Media and Sport Department for Culture; Advertising Standards Authority; Asda; Premier League; Diageo; Sainsbury's; Oxford Brookes University; Royal College of Physicians; KPMG; UWE Bristol; Campaign for Real Ale; Portman Group; University of Sheffield; Southampton City Primary Care Trust; Waitrose; Gateshead Primary Care Trust; Liverpool Primary Care Trust; Gerry Sutcliffe; Alan Campbell; British Beer and Pub Association; Drinkaware Trust; Wine and Spirit Trade Association; AKQA; Beverage Brands; BMB; Bray Leino; Five by Five; Halewood International; JWT; Leeds Addiction Unit; Molson Coors; RAND Europe; Bath Spa University; Robin Touquet; Peter Anderson; BJL; Big Communications Group
Notes
Motions made to amend and include Paragraphs 328 and 329 in the Report. The Committee divided. Both negatived on division (6 to 2).
Subjects
Crime; Alcoholic drinks; Death; Alcoholism; Health services; Licensing; Labelling; Health education; Drunkenness; Misuse; Marketing; Prices; Sales
Date
10 December 2009
Reference
HC 151 2009-10
House
House of Commons
I thank the Minister for that Answer. I acknowledge that this is a problem in continental Europe, as well as here. However, if we had a much clearer structure whereby drinks with a high alcohol content, particularly beers which are aimed at and often sold to young people, had a higher and more clearly differentiated tax rate—if necessary, including in this many northern European countries which have a similar problem to us—we could have a greater impact on alcohol abuse involving extra-strong drinks.
I thank the Minister for that Answer. I acknowledge that this is a problem in continental Europe, as well as here. However, if we had a much clearer structure whereby drinks with a high alcohol content, particularly beers which are aimed at and often sold to young people, had a higher and more clearly differentiated tax rate—if necessary, including in this many northern European countries which have a similar problem to us—we could have a greater impact on alcohol abuse involving extra-strong drinks.
Asked by
Lord Soley
(Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
10 December 2009
I thank my noble friend for that helpful observation. The purpose of taxation on alcohol is primarily to raise revenue for government. The social purpose is a secondary objective, but I take account of what my noble friend says and of the very broad concern that people have about excessive drinking, particularly by younger people.
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Excise duties; Misuse; Tax rates and bands
Date
10 December 2009
Reference
715 c1141
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on trends relating to the (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity and (iv) sexual orientation of (A) crack cocaine users, (B) heroin users and (C) problem drug users in the last 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on trends relating to the (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity and (iv) sexual orientation of (A) crack cocaine users, (B) heroin users and (C) problem drug users in the last 10...
Asked by
Mike Wood (Batley and Spen)
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Merron
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 December 2009
For answer on
9 December 2009
Answered on
9 December 2009
The Government places great importance on the collection of trend data on drug use, and funds a number of strands of activity. The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System which is maintained and developed by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse's collects information about the impact of drug treatment on a range of groups of service users. The Home Office collects information annually through the British Crime Survey and has also commissioned national and regional estimates of the prevalence of opiate use and crack cocaine use. The Office of National Statistics publishes annual information about trends in drugs deaths. The Department of Health funds additional work by St. George's University of London through the national programme on substance abuse deaths which provides additional information on trends in drugs deaths.Copies of the relevant reports can be found in the Library.
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
9 December 2009
Reference
502 c476W; 305406
House
House of Commons
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address domestic violence, in light of its correlation with alcohol consumption.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address domestic violence, in light of its correlation with alcohol consumption.
Asked by
Lord Sheikh
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord West of Spithead
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
3 December 2009
There are a number of alcohol arrest referral schemes in operation which aim to reduce reoffending among people arrested for alcohol-related offences. People who are arrested on suspicion of alcohol-related domestic violence in AAR pilot areas may be referred to a domestic violence specialist adviser and encouraged to address their behaviour and the consequences of their unsafe drinking. We will continue to work with our stakeholders to better understand the role that both alcohol and drugs play in contributing to incidents of domestic violence.
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Domestic abuse; Misuse
Date
3 December 2009
Reference
161; 715 c64WA
House
House of Lords