Question reference: S4W-04029
- Asked by: Derek Mackay, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 14 November 2011
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Current status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 November 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dog attacks have resulted in hospitalisation in the last five years.
Answer
The following table shows information on the number of hospital episodes within NHS Scotland where a diagnosis of ‘bitten or struck by dog’ has been recorded for each of the last five financial years. The data include all inpatient and day case elective, emergency and transfer hospital episodes.
The data does not include patients treated solely within Accident and Emergency Departments.
Number of hospital episodes in NHS Scotland with a diagnosis of “bitten or struck by dog”; by financial year
|
Year |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-111 |
|
Number of Hospital Episodes |
467 |
439 |
530 |
545 |
521 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Note: 1. Data for NHS Scotland for 2010-11 are estimated to be only 95% complete. This is mainly due to the implementation of a new IT Patient Management System in some NHS boards which has resulted in data submission backlogs for this time period. The relevant NHS boards are working to resolve these submission issues.