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Written Question · S3W-12407 · Session 3

How many patients were discharged from hospitals with a mental illness and a drug-related diagnosis in each of the last five years.

Answered Asked by Mary Scanlon Con Lodged 29 Apr 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were discharged from hospitals with a mental illness and a drug-related diagnosis in each of the last five years.

The answer

Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 May 2008 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

Table 1 shows the number of patients discharged from NHS general acute hospitals with a mental illness and drug-related diagnosis between 2002-03 and 2006-07 in Scotland.
Table 2 shows the number of patients discharged from NHS psychiatric units and mental illness hospitals with a mental illness and drug-related diagnosis between 2001-02 and 2005-06 in Scotland.
Table 1: Patients Discharged from NHS General Acute Hospitals1 with a Diagnosis of Mental Illness and Drug Misuse2,3 in any Position: Scotland 2002-03 to 2006-07P

| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07P

Scotland
| 775
| 854
| 956
| 942
| 1115

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).
PProvisional.
Notes:
1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals and transfers.
2. Excludes misuse of tobacco or alcohol.
3. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organization''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Drug-related conditions: F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F18, F19. Mental illness: F00-F10, F17, F20-F99.
Table 2: Patients Discharged from Psychiatric Hospitals1 with a Diagnosis of Mental Illness and Drug Misuse2,3 in any Position: Scotland 2001-02 to 2005-06P

| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06P

Scotland
| 710
| 725
| 646
| 753
| 689

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR04).
PProvisional.
Notes:
1. Excludes acute and maternity hospitals.
2. Excludes misuse of tobacco or alcohol.
3. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organization''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Drug related conditions: F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F18, F19. Mental Illness: F00-F10, F17, F20-F99.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-12407 by reference.