PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Domestic Accidents: Older People (16 April 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency hospital admissions there have been following falls by patients aged 65 and over in each financial year since 2010-11.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
NHS England publishes information on finished consultant episodes (FCEs) for admitted patients, which is available at the following link:
The following table shows the total number of FCEs relating to a fall, where the patient was 65 years old or over, each year from 2012/13, the earliest year from which data is available, to 2022/23:
Year | FCEs relating to a fall |
2012/13 | 283,794 |
2013/14 | 290,381 |
2014/15 | 304,049 |
2015/16 | 312,476 |
2016/17 | 316,647 |
2017/18 | 334,986 |
2018/19 | 345,494 |
2019/20 | 360,677 |
2020/21 | 334,418 |
2021/22 | 350,545 |
2022/23 | 339,928 |
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
19 April 2024
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