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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hospitals: Older People (19 March 2024)

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 2012-13.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Answer

NHS England published information on finished consultant episodes for admitted patients in 2012/13, which is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/hospital-episode-statistics-admitted-patient-care-england-2012-13

This shows in 2012/13, there were 283,794 finished consultant episodes relating to a fall, where the patient was 65 years old or over.


Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
22 March 2024

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