PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Domestic Accidents: Older People (6 December 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions for patients aged 65 and over were the result of a fall in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
The following table shows data on hospital admissions for fall incidents involving people aged 65 years old and over in the past five years:
Year | Count |
2022/2023 | 348,753 |
2021/2022 | 358,376 |
2020/2021 | 342,273 |
2019/2020 | 369,506 |
2018/2019 | 353,266 |
Source: Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, NHS Digital
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
11 December 2023
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