Chamber and committees

The 169 charges relate to a total of 158 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,880 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Notes:

1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s (COPFS) case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

2. Some Direct Measures may have been issued in a different month from the month when these charges were reported to COPFS - so the numbers in column 3 do not necessarily relate to the numbers in column 5.

Number of Patients Discharged, from General Acute Hospitals with an Alcohol-Related Diagnosis, Aged 4 to 12 Years: Resident in NHS Lothian 2007-08- 2009-10^P

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).

^PProvisional.

Note: *Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain patient confidentiality.

The 193 charges relate to a total of 172 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,632 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Notes:

1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s (COPFS) case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

2. Some Direct Measures may have been issued in a different month from the month when these charges were reported to COPFS - so the numbers in column 3 do not necessarily relate to the numbers in column 5.

The 205 charges relate to a total of 182 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,204 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Notes:

1.The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s (COPFS)case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge. 

2.Some Direct Measures may have been issued in a different month from the month when these charges were reported to COPFS - so the numbers in column 3 do not necessarily relate to the numbers in column 5.

Table 1 shows the total number of bed days for patients treated in acute hospitals in NHS Lothian for alcohol related conditions, recorded in any diagnosis position for the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Table 2 shows the total number of bed days of patients treated in acute hospitals in NHS Lothian for drug related conditions, recorded in any diagnosis position for the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Figures in both tables 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. These figures include residents from other health boards that were treated in Lothian hospitals, but do not include Lothian residents treated in other health boards.

Table 1: Number of Bed Days Associated with an Alcohol-Related Diagnosis^1,2,3 from General Acute Hospitals⁴ in NHS Lothian : 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10^P

Number of Bed Days

^PProvisional.

Notes:

Discharges where an alcohol-related diagnosis is recorded as primary or secondary reasons for admission to hospital.

Diseases recorded using the World Health Organization''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10).

Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of alcohol-related problems may vary from hospital to hospital.

Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals.

Table 2: Number of Bed Days Associated with a Drug-Related Diagnosis^1,2,3 from General Acute Hospitals⁴ in NHS Lothian⁵: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10^P

Number of Bed Days

^PProvisional.

Notes:

Discharges where a drug related diagnosis is recorded as primary or secondary reasons for admission to hospital.

Diseases recorded using the World Health Organization''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10).

Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of drug related problems may vary from hospital to hospital.

Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals.

In the answer to S3W 31943 figures were presented for drug-related bed days for patients treated in NHS Lothian. The figures presented in the previous answer included the ICD10 codes listed in this table as well as F17 (mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of tobacco). The analysis presented in the above table excludes F17 from the figures and analysis is presented on the basis of the definition of drug-related diagnosis that is used in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2011 publication.

The total numbers of drug-related deaths (in terms of GROS'' standard definition for these statistics) in the NHS Lothian area, in each calendar year from 1999 to 2009, are given in table HB1 of Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2009, which was published by GROS on 17 August 2010 and can be found on the GROS website via this address: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/vital-events/deaths/drug-related/index.html.

The following tables give the numbers of alcohol- and drug-related deaths in the NHS Lothian area, for the age-groups requested, for the calendar years 2007, 2008 and 2009. (GROS does not produce statistics of deaths for financial years). The equivalent figures for 2010 will become available in August 2011. GROS produced these figures by applying the same definitions as it used to prepare the tables which are referred to above.

Alcohol-Related Deaths in the NHS Lothian Area

Source: GROS, on the basis described in the "Alcohol-related deaths" section of its website.

Drug-Related Deaths in the NHS Lothian area

Source: GROS, on the basis described in Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2009.

The 196 charges relate to a total of 186 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,333 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Notes:

1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s (COPFS) case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

2. Some Direct Measures may have been issued in a different month from the month when these charges were reported to COPFS - so the numbers in column 3 do not necessarily relate to the numbers in column 5.

The 221 charges relate to a total of 203 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,891 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.

The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.

Notes

1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s case management database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to Procurators Fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.

2. Some Direct Measures may have been issued in a different month from the month when these charges were reported to COPFS - so the numbers in column 3 do not necessarily relate to the numbers in column 5.