To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in hospitals in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland and (d) Western Isles were directly associated with alcohol-related conditions in each of the last three years.
Information on the number of acute occupied bed days which are directly attributable to alcohol-related conditions is not held centrally.
Information on acute occupied bed days is recorded on the SMR01 dataset. SMR01 has space for up to six diagnosis codes to be recorded, a main diagnosis and up to five secondary diagnoses. Alcohol-related problems will be recorded as either a main or a secondary diagnosis, so it is not possible to identify the cases where alcohol was directly attributed to the length of the admission.
Table 1: The total length of stay (bed days) of patients treated in general acute hospitals1,2 in NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles3 for alcohol-related conditions4,5,6, 2006-07 to 2008-09P:
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09p |
Highland | 14,949 | 14,335 | 12,568 |
Orkney | 1,005 | 499 | 704 |
Shetland | 572 | 240 | 542 |
Western Isles | 2,762 | 1,732 | 1,220 |
Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).
PProvisional.
Notes:
1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals.
2. Figures in this table relate only to those individuals who are treated as inpatients or day cases in an acute hospital. They do not include individuals managed as outpatients.
3. Note that these figures include residents from other health boards that were treated in Highland and Island hospitals but do not include Highland and Island residents treated in other health boards.
4. Discharges where alcohol-related diagnosis is recorded as primary or secondary reasons for admission to hospital.
5. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organisation''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10).
- Alcohol-related: F10, K70, X45, X65, Y15, Y90, Y91, E24.4, E51.2, G31.2, G62.1, G72.1, I42.6, K29.2, K86.0, O35.4, P04.3, Q86.0, T51.0, T51.1, T51.9, Y57.3, R78.0, Z50.2, Z71.4, Z72.1. These codes were defined in a recent in-depth review of ISD''s core alcohol related code set. Further information about the review and resulting consultation process is available at:
http://www.alcoholinformation.isdscotland.org/alcohol_misuse/3986.html.
6. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of alcohol-related problems may vary from hospital to hospital.
Due to the way alcohol related conditions are recorded, we are unable to determine whether or not the reason for admission is directly attributable to alcohol. Therefore, this figure may be an overestimate.
Information in the table relates to discharges from acute non-obstetric, non-psychiatric hospitals. It should be noted that patients with alcohol-related conditions may be admitted to mental illness hospitals. Statistics for these admissions are not included in the table.